VW was a sponsor for a century ride and the organizers thought it would be cool to have VW run a pace car at the beginning of the ride. So rather than all the experienced faster riders moving ahead and stringing out, all the cyclist got blocked together. Someone behind crashed into the curb with a loud noise. The newbie next to me turned to look and drifted into me, so I shouldered him to keep him from taking me down.

It was the last time the century ride tried the pace car idea.