When the motor-cycle cop walks to the back of the Chevy Malibu to look in the trunk, the number plate is "K8B 283". As the Malibu drives off, leaving the cop's smoking boots, its number plate is "127 GBH". According to the director's voice-over, these takes were months apart because the original Malibu was stolen from the set.
When the motorcycle cop goes to open the trunk, he takes Parnell's car keys with him - after he gets vaporized, Parnell pulls away without going to get them.
At the beginning, in the wide shots from behind the car, Parnell is not wearing his shades. It's actually a different actor because Fox Harris couldn't drive.
The White Cutlass Otto first repossesses appears on the street as a 1978-80 Cutlass Salon 4-door sedan, but as the negligent owners peer out the window, it appears as a 1981 Cutlass Supreme coupe.
During the scene where Bud and Otto are racing down the side of the canal with the Rodrigues brothers, Lagarto suddenly disappears from the passenger seat.
License plate on the Malibu. There are no front plates in New Mexico
At the end when the car takes off from the ground, the license plate is backwards.
When Helping Hand Acceptance Corporation head-honcho Oly goes out to look for the Malibu, as he is leaving, he says to Otto "keep making me money kid", to which Otto says "Fuck You", however his lips are saying something completely different
Otto's mouth when he asks Duke when he got out of the slammer.
In the shot with Otto driving the Malibu with J Frank Parnell, you can see the shadow of a camera vehicle with a crane outside Parnell's window
Dolly tracks visible between the camera and a car. (Open matte version only. Corrected in 'widescreen' release)
When the repo men are bullying Otto to reveal who beat him up. (Open matte version only. Corrected in 'widescreen' release)
Reflected in the glass above the door before Otto leaves the market for the second time.
Leila's colleague at U.F.O. calls her "Lilah."
When driving over the bridge in the repossessed red Camaro, Lite lights his cigarette three times, and then throws it out the window after one puff.