 Slick-talking Bob and Sid run a bankrupt used-car lot. They used to work for Danny Woo, whose lot next door is the most successful one in Needles. Danny s still their friend, and what with his sick wife, Bob and Sid agree to cover for him during an IRS investigation into his finances. Meanwhile, a series of murders and an FBI investigation focus on a Pontiac convertible with a mysterious cargo originating in the Andes. Bob and Sid s shady supplier offers them $250,000 to stash the car on their lot for a couple days; Bob s reluctant, but Sid sees this as their ticket out. They say yes, then try to run a double cross on the Pontiac s mysterious and ruthless owner.