"Big Steve" Ludwig was the owner of Big Steve's Used Cars, a place that Blaster and the Throttlebots thought that no one would look for them while they were on the run. The morning after Steve was visited by the police and given a piece of paper giving the descriptions of the Throttlebots' alt-modes, but he barely glanced at it. In the ensuing battle between the opposing sides his whole lot was destroyed. He looked at his check for $300,000, figuring he had come out all right. In that instant a beam of sonic energy from Blaster destroyed it. Used Autobots