Two highway patrolmen think they are working on the side repossessing cars. But eventually, they realize that they have been tricked and are actually stealing the cars.
In California, two highway patrol cops, Smokey and Ed are enforcing the speed limit on the Pacific Coast Highway. Sometimes they race one another, in their police cruisers, to the nearest donuts and coffee restaurant. They also like to give speeding teenagers a break, especially to Cool Breeze and Silver Fox who like to buzz the highway in their customized and tuned-up mini-vans. On their spare time, Smokey and Ed are romancing waitresses from various roadside diners. Their routine existence changes when they stop repo-man George Daniels for speeding. They give him a break and, in return, George offers to take them as partners for his repossession business. Smokey and Ed start their new, after-hours, career repossessing luxury cars with George who teaches them the trade. Things go well and the two cops make extra money from their new job. However, they must avoid the city police because highway patrolmen like Smokey and Ed are not allowed by the regulations to also work as repo-men. One day, George accidentally finds out that the 'financial institution' ordering the repossessions is, in fact, a front for a car-theft ring. George warns Smokey and Ed about this and together they must find a way to destroy the car-theft ring.—nufs68
Smokey and Ed are California highway patrolmen, who are known to be too lenient and have a mischievous side, particularly Smokey, who likes to lead the local sheriff on wild chases with his motorcycle on a daily basis. One day, they pull over George, an auto re-possessor and his partner Mick for speeding. After they explain the situation, Smokey and Ed let them go, but to repay them, George and Mick offer them work re-possessing automobiles by deadbeats unable to keep up with their regular payments. At the same time, Smokey gains a girlfriend, Jordan, during a routine traffic stop. However, he and Ed do not know the cars are stolen, which often results in a tip-off by the cops and are frequently chased. Fearing they could lose their main jobs and contemplate about wanting out, they explain to George and Mick, who tell them that it is a front for crime boss Lewis Sloan.
To get even, the gang plans to steal a Mercedes-Benz from Sloan's house and Smokey and Jordan escape in it, but are immediately chased after Sloan and his bodyguard in his Corvette. They eventually ditch the Mercedes-Benz in an open field and steal a brown Chevelle from a nearby gas station, with Sloan and his bodyguard stealing a white Lincoln Continental from an alarmed customer. The chase destroys a crowded swap meet, as well as a fireworks stand. Ed calls for reinforcements over the radio, as well as a group of teenagers, who use one of their custom vans to block the road. Sloan smashes into the van head-on, as Ed, the cops, and the kids move in to arrest the two men, while Smokey and Jordan happily watch from a hill above.
