Later, they rent a convertible and scare the salesman by driving it backwards at high speeds and stealing his pen. On their way to the shop, they're delayed en route when a Stingray in front of them kills a pedestrian. They buy some drugs and shirts, then they haggle over the phone with a salesman for a tape recorder. They drive around for a while and argue about the differences between white and Samoan culture. They decide to cover the event through pure Gonzo Journalism. Gonzo suggests they arm themselves to the teeth. All they have to do is drive to Vegas, check into their suite, and meet their Portuguese photographer named Lacerda. Flash back to them sitting in the Beverly Heights Hotel, where they get a phone call about being assigned to the Mint 400 Race. They explain how they are going to cover the Mint 400 race and find the American Dream, and the True Story of how they got there. He jumps over the seat and sits beside the nervous hitchhiker. Duke begins to get paranoid that the hitchhiker will think they are part of the Manson family, so he decides to explain the situation. "Get in." With the hitchhiker in the back seat, they drive on at top speed again. The hitchhiker is confused, but Duke just smiles at him, cigarette holder clenched in his teeth. "No more of that talk or I'll put the fucking leeches on you, understand?" Says Duke. We're not like the others man, really," says Gonzo.
"Is that right? Well, I guess you're about ready then aren't you?" "We're your friends. It turns out he had never been in a convertible before. "We can't stop here! This is bat country!" They drive back and pick him up nonethless. They spot a hitchhiker ( Tobey Maguire) and Gonzo begins to pull over, but Duke panics. A report comes on the radio about drugs killing American soldiers, which is quickly changed to "One Toke Over The Line" by Brewer and Shipley. He takes some of them and they drive off with a dead bat on the road behind them. 'The poor bastard will see them soon enough.'" Duke inspects the contents of the case in the trunk: marijuana, mescaline, cocaine, amyls, ether, liquor, LSD, and a huge assortment of other drugs. "'No point in mentioning these bats', I thought. "Holy Jesus, what are these goddamn animals?" They pull over and Gonzo takes over driving.
Suddenly Duke notices black bats flying over their heads and around the car, and he tries to kill them with a flyswatter. Somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, the drugs begin to take hold.
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Gonzo ( Benicio Del Toro) drive to Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs.