--- title: Rick and Morty Fan Trades Car for McDonald's Szechaun Sauce description: A zealous Rick and Morty fan took fandom to the next level when he traded his car for a packet of McDonald's Szechuan sauce. canonical: https://time.com/4980097/rick-morty-fan-trades-car-sauce/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-12T18:40:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:57.863Z og:title: Rick and Morty Fan Trades His Car for a Pack of Szechuan Sauce og:description: Taking his fandom to the next level og:url: https://time.com/4980097/rick-morty-fan-trades-car-sauce/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf772e70422c74fe/6988e1be196cf465540424f5/rick-and-mortys-fan-traded-car-for-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: McDonald's Same Store Sales Up 7.1 Percent In January og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rick and Morty Fan Trades His Car for a Pack of Szechuan Sauce twitter:description: Taking his fandom to the next level twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf772e70422c74fe/6988e1be196cf465540424f5/rick-and-mortys-fan-traded-car-for-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Zealous _Rick and Morty_ Fan Traded His Car for a Precious Pack of McDonald's Szechuan Sauce > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO - FEBRUARY 09: A sign stands outside of a McDonald's restaurant February 9, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Fast food chain restaurant McDonald's reported a 7.1 percent increase in same store sales for January as people look towards cheaper food alternatives in the weakening economy. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 12, 2017 6:40 PM UTC A diehard [_Rick and Morty_](http://time.com/4868184/rick-morty-easter-eggs/) fan took his fandom to the next level when he traded his car for a single packet of [McDonald’s Szechuan sauce](http://time.com/4879868/mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce-rick-morty/), which has garnered a cult following because of the Adult Swim series. According to [_Business Insider_](http://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-sauce-szechuan-car-trade-2017-10)_, Rick and Morty_ fan Rachel Marie nabbed one of the limited-edition sauces at [McDonald’s](http://time.com/4873042/mcdonalds-cheeseburger-straw/) and proceeded to post it on Pin Nation, a [Facebook](http://time.com/6107/time-wasted-on-facebook/) group where fandoms and festival goers can trade pins and souvenirs. “There was actually a large response with some nice pins,” she said. “But if I could get a car, I thought, why not ask?” A fellow _Rick and Morty_ fan apparently thought that this precious sauce was worth a car and offered up his early 2000s Volkswagon Gold Mk4. While the fan did not give permission for his name to be used and Marie said that they did not find or talk about the car’s title, the trade did apparently happen, with both parties confirming to _Business Insider_ that they they did indeed trade the sauce for the car. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4980097/rick-morty-fan-trades-car-sauce/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4980097/rick-morty-fan-trades-car-sauce/"},"headline":"A Zealous Rick and Morty Fan Traded His Car for a Precious Pack of McDonald's Szechuan Sauce","datePublished":"2017-10-12T18:40:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:57.863Z","description":"A zealous Rick and Morty fan took fandom to the next level when he traded his car for a packet of McDonald's Szechuan sauce.","url":"https://time.com/4980097/rick-morty-fan-trades-car-sauce/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Bizarre","Pop Culture","food and drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf772e70422c74fe/6988e1be196cf465540424f5/rick-and-mortys-fan-traded-car-for-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf772e70422c74fe/6988e1be196cf465540424f5/rick-and-mortys-fan-traded-car-for-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"McDonald's Same Store Sales Up 7.1 Percent In January","caption":"McDonald's Same Store Sales Up 7.1 Percent In January","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4980097/rick-morty-fan-trades-car-sauce/","name":"A Zealous Rick and Morty Fan Traded His Car for a Precious Pack of McDonald's Szechuan Sauce"}}]}] ```