Cars

Has anyone found the cars and pets are worth their cost? I got a luxury car with one of the houses and a few times have got LPs and $35, same from the cats and dogs when I relocated them to the most valuable houses.

I find that when I am low on LP the pets find none and the drives produce none, however when I have quite a few (I mean 20 or over) the pets find more and the cars get them quite regularly as well. Is it just me?

A few days ago got a 2 star dog that cost quite a few LPs and it has found just $1 even in a valuable house, and just got the futuristic type car and gave it to the skater house, it cost 30 LP and it finds small amounts. I am annoyed I wasted loads of LP on it! Generally has everyone found they are worth the value?

The pets are good for children's "chat" levels. Instead of making a 4 min phone call they can pet the pet for 5 seconds and the chat box will be full. The more expensive the pet the better the reward when it "finds" money. The car is needed for certain quests. Before the supernatural update I would drive the car for about an hour and get 10 LP but it seems like those are more rare on drives now.