The RCR team convinced the staff of the 2014 Carlisle Corvette meetup that they were ‘journalists’ to get into the event and give us this funny video

No matter what you think of Corvettes themselves or the kind of culture they cultivate, it’s hard not to respect the amount of dedication that goes into Corvette ownership. We’ve reviewed several, and we’ve yet to meet someone who ever takes their responsibility lightly. And that’s deserving of a certain respect in itself.

The BMW E30 is the prerequisite to “being a car guy” even more than the Mazda Miata MX5.

The M42 engine was not put into E30 sedans until 1991, although it did exist in E30 318is coupes. It was in every E36, so in a lot of ways my E30 is sort of unique.

This car is one of the few E30s to not have a sunroof. The point is most people weren’t as cheap as the original owner who bought this car in 1991. In fact, This E30 only has one optional extra: a digital clock/temp gauge. That might have been standard in 1991. I’m not sure but it wasn’t at the start of the E30. It is the cheapest E30 you could buy in 1991. The fact that it doesn’t have a sunroof is sort of a subculture thing; I’ve heard them referred to as “slick tops”.

This E30 is untouched in terms of performance; as slow as BMW wanted it to be. Lots of E30s are slammed or track-day focused, but mine is stock as a rock. Still great to drive.

Ask any E30 owner, maintenance is expensive and sucks. In a lot of ways, owning an E30 is like dating a super-expensive high-maintenance MILF who cheats on you and sometimes abuses you, but whom you live anyway.

The Corvette C7 represents America’s desire to be taken seriously in the eyes of Europe. This is nothing new. We’ve been doing it since Henry James Ex-Patted his way from coffee house to coffee house trying to capture the perfect Portrait of a Lady. The C7 goes off faster than I do when I refrain from TOUCHING MYSELF for a week. You can’t see out the back because the ass of the car is higher than your head. Plus, this car is so hyped in every blog…so we’ll see.

“Aspen and Volaré were introduced in 1975, but they should have been delayed a full six months. The company was hungry for cash, and this time Chrysler didn’t honor the normal cycle of designing, testing, and building an automobile. The customers who bought Aspens and Volarés in 1975 were actually acting as Chrysler’s development engineers. When these cars first came out, they were still in the development phase.
“Looking back over the past twenty years or so, I can’t think of any cars that cased more disappointment among customers than the Aspen and the Volaré. … But the Aspen and the Volaré simply weren’t well-made. The engines would stall when you stepped on the gas. The brakes would fail. The hoods would fly open. Customers complained, and more than three and a half million cars were brought back to the dealers for free repairs – free to the customer, that is. Chrysler had to foot the bill.” —Lee Iacocca, Iacocca: An Autobiography (pg. 160)

This is RCR’s car. The first-generation Honda Fit was produced when Honda was coasting though senior year because he earned three A’s in the first semester. Now it’s March and he’s getting lots of C’s. So what if the car leaks rainwater? I’m HONDA! I’m terrific! The guidance councilor pulled Honda aside and told him “you better get your rear in gear (guidance councilor’s say this IRL) or you can say goodbye to Bucknell University!”