Author: staff@jalopnik.com (Lalita Chemello)

A Reliant Robin doesn’t typically top anyone’s list of reliable vehicles for obvious reasons. Most of us have seen that infamous “Top Gear” episode where Jeremy Clarkson rolled the Reliant Robin several times, and if you happen to have not now’s the time. It takes a special sensible idiot, or possibly two on this case, to contemplate taking one on a 14,000 mile journey. That and a hankering for a world record. Introducing fellow automotive nerds and the protagonists of this insane story: Ollie Jenks and Seth Scott, the duo behind Hold My Gear. The entire thing was Scott’s hair-brained idea.…