Chapters 6-9 Summary

In chapter 6, Ballard begins renting more cars, a new one every day. Ballard drives everywhere he can, imagining the people who drove these cars before him. One afternoon, while driving a large American sedan, Ballard picks up a prostitute and takes her to a parking garage to make love in his car. However, the love making is interrupted when Ballard becomes aware of a man watching them. This man calmly puts a camera away in his car. Ballard recognizes him as Dr. Robert Vaughan, a former television personality who had suffered a horrible motorcycle accident. In chapter 7, Ballard buys a new car that is an exact replica of the one he was driving when his accident took place. After it arrives, Ballard drives out to the police impound yard to see his old car. While studying the damage to the car...