@bmSgtav The only two things I can share with you is that for addons specifically, every once in awhile the spawn name and the folder name are different. This is dumb, but that's the way the author did it. Why keep it simple and consistent with 99.99% of other addons, right? So in that case, you go back to the instructions to see what the spawn name is. Interestingly, many addons don't even have instructions which makes sense since it is a no-brainer installation.
The second issue I found is that some just won't spawn for reasons unknown. You can get a feel for that in the comments section of the mod, i.e. if you see lots of comments saying couldn't spawn you might be one of the unlucky ones for whom, reasons unknown, it just won't work with your configuration. For example I can't spawn the Porsche 935 which the author has as porshe, regardless of how i spell Porsche.