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Back in the 90s there was a hilarious trend of winning the car in the mall by being the person to be in the car the longest. This was when SUVs were becoming a really big thing.

People were sleeping in the car with 5 other strangers to see who could outlast the others, with only short bathroom breaks allowed.

I'm not really sure what the advertisers/dealers won in that exchange.



Probably a bit of free publicity in a local newspaper, people coming by to watch for a while (while a salesperson approaches them), etc. It's good fun, too.


These competitions are all fun and games until someone receives severe frostbite. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2691229.stm



Did someone actually win the car though?


That '70s Show had an episode based on that concept, so I assume it had been around for a while.




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