They've checked the rental car agencies, figuring that the Merlows would need wheels.
"And even if we do, Grum or that plant thing could run us down, so we'll need wheels."
He needed wheels and hoped the motor pool hadn't been torn apart by the explosions echoing across the compound.
He had to get to the Immoquateur and he needed wheels to do that.
He'd need wheels for what he had planned on the Black Sea coast.
I don't have my car any more, and I'm going to need wheels.
You said you needed wheels because your 'stang was in the shop.
That certainly implied that they expected to be around the place for a while and needed wheels for the whole period.
I need wheels and I need some respectable support.
"I need wheels," he told the only Peacekeeper who rose and saluted him in the main hangar.