In less than 12 hours we are heading out for a huge MINI Cooper ralley in North Carolina (700 MINIs)... 600+ miles from us. My MINI will be running in front with luggage and supplies and my M3W following. We did this same run last year.... 1800 miles total fun miles in one week. We hope to clock more miles with this trip. It is scary yet exciting at the same time. The funniest thing is when people refer to my MINI as "the big car".