I was making my regular rounds around the Internet this morning when the following headline caught my eye: Mini convoy breaks world record. I had no idea what that meant, so of course I had to stop and read.
Apparently, a convoy of 269 Minis (you know — those cool little cars featured in the movie The Italian Job) slowly made its way over a two-mile route through Blackpool (England) on March 28th in an effort to raise money for charity. The previous record for a Mini convoy was 195 cars, set back in 2004 in Vancouver.
First of all, I had no idea that there was even a Guiness record available for such a thing. Do they have convoy records for all types of cars, or just for Minis? I think I might have to look that up later today! Second, I was surprised to read that there were some pretty specific rules for the convoy. For example, all the cars had to go at least two miles and they could never stray more than 10 meters away from each other at any given time. I wonder how long it took the convoy to achieve this goal?
At any rate, I think it’s pretty cool that these Mini owners came together for a good cause. To read more about the record-setting Mini convoy, take a look at the article on the vcars.co.uk website.