The digital display on Tikki’s wrist chronograph reads 00:56:29 as she steers
the stolen Volkswagen Super-kombi III into the southwest parking field of the 
Ardmore Royal Residence Plaza. She notes with satisfaction that, as usual, a minimum
of a half-dozen other personal-use commuter and cargo vans are scattered about 
the parking field, along with a wide variety of standard autos, everything from 
executive sedans to basic econocars. Maybe a thousand vehicles in all. The 
Volkswagen will blend in just fine.