This Woman Got a Golf for a Packet of Szechuan Sauce

A woman from Michigan gave up a packet of sauce from McDonald’s in exchange for a car — a 2000 Volkswagen Golf Mk4, to be exact.

Fans of the late-night Cartoon Network animated series Rick and Morty began going wild for McDonalds Szechuan sauce — originally offered by the chain as a tie-in to the Disney movie Mulan in the late 1990s — after the show’s titular character Rick went on a rant about it in the opening episode of season 3.

The hype caused McDonald’s to launch a re-release of the Szechuan sauce, except this time it was sporting a Rick and Morty graphic and was available in extremely limited quantities with some locations running out of stock in less than an hour.

Those dedicated fans who weren’t able to score the sauce on their own scrambled to get it through other means, resorting to expensive eBay auctions and unusual trades.

Rachel Marie offered up her own packet up on a Facebook group used for exchanging collectible pins. After receiving a few pin offers, a post appeared offering her a one-to-one trade for a Golf Mk4, a two-door model fitted with some sweet rims with body-color accents.

The trade was conducted when the car was driven directly to Rachel’s house, so she knew it was in working order when she received it.

As for the man who walked away with the packet of sauce, it’s not clear whether he planned to hold onto it or try it out with some McNuggets. Either way, he’s officially taken fandom to an entirely new level.

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