: Mike honored the phone estimate, avoiding the "gimmicks" Elias had feared.
As Mike winched the Blue Ghost onto the trailer, he explained the car's future. It wasn't just going to a dump. In an eco-friendly metal recycling process, the car would be stripped:
For Elias, the $800 in his pocket was more than he expected for a "dead" vehicle. For the buyer, it was just another day of turning one man’s junk into a community's raw materials.