I needed to hear that around 15 years ago, realised this myself only recently. Why do people keep giving you shit advice instead of stuff that really matters?
Had that same crap happen from a guy selling a "special edition" SRT-10 RAM I was interested in. He kept quoting Meacum/Barret Jackson auction prices, for a car he had almost no documentation for, and was in "nice, but driven" condition.
My neighbour had a bright red Exige and his friend had a white Evora with red seats. Both of them parked up together was a thing of beauty... Until said neighbour tried to fit a new exhaust to his Exige and I had to come to the rescue because he fucked up and bent something out of shape trying to ham fist the new system into the car without reading the instructions. The engineering is beautifully simple and he still managed to fuck it up. Still, whoever had the idea to put a Japanese engine into a British shell should get a Nobel peace prize. Toyota reliability with physics defying British sportiness.
My neighbor has a Lotus racecar. I assume it's a racecar because it's loud as fuck and he always tows it and never drives it on public roads. Cool guy, very cool car. Edit: It also has some cool-looking Lotus liveries on it to top it off.
Agree 1000% on the Japanese engine in the British car. I've had many over the years - just got my old XKE back on the road after about 15 years of sitting and another lined up to begin restoration. I bought my Elise as a dependable British car and indeed it is wonderful to know you can drive it hard and it will still start every time. That definitely is a great feature !
RCR: Thoughtfully connects nuanced car criticism with musings on nostalgia and existence. Doug: HANDLING IS NORMAL FOR A CAR LIKE THIS SO IT GETS A 5 OUT OF TEN
No he wouldn’t. He would say that for something like a 1987 Mustang GT given its sporting pretensions and low profile tires yet how sloppy and tail happy the rear axle is. Or acceleration for a 1968 Camaro RS because most modern minivans will embarrass it at a stoplight. He would score this high on the weekday and weekends because it performs great and is a cool car and you can live with it too as daily.
The fact that it gets 26Mpg combined with a 3.5 Supercharged V6 is actually insane. That's the same as my 2.0T Malibu. Weight reduction is the answer to all problems it seems.
I have the same engine in a 15-1600kg Camry, and it gets 33 on the open road. With less weight, but the drag of a supercharger, 26 seems about right. It's a great motor.
I have never felt so connected with Mr Regular as I did about the childhood thing, I had the exact same feeling. I usually don't comment on videos but that was a special one.
I think you meant to say; I have never felt so connected with Mr Regular as I did with the childhood thing.” They way you wrote it means that you didn’t connect with him about it at all and completely contradicts your point that you were making. Just letting you know
@@kinnexion Dude you knew what meant, and so did most of the people that read his comment. You don't need to be the comment sections 7th English teacher.
@@synnix3799 ooof. Nothing wrong with knowing correct English and sentence structure. And there’s nothing wrong with being corrected when making a mistake. That’s how we all improve in life. You’re a sensitive little snowflake, aren’t you?
Hard agree there. The whole section about being ok with not waiting to accept happiness his me like a high-velocity sack full of bricks though. (in a good way)
I take it "I did 170 on a closed road in Mexico" is American for "I did 170 on the autobahn". Yes of course I didn't max the speedo on the A20 at 2am, I was definitely in Germany where there was no speed limit, honest officer.
One of the few perks of living in Germany! I hope we are still allowed to do it after the election this year.. It would be the last bit of freedom we Germans have and I hope the „masses“ don’t decide that it’s time to castrate the rest of us.
@@sheldonholy5047 I managed to go 7 miles over the claimed top speed in my Mazda 3 on the A40 once. Probably could've gone even higher if I used Proper 99 octane and not spicy water 95
This little pseudo brainstorm about the childhood consciousness... Golden. This is the kind of stuff that makes RCR really shine. This and farts, and funny metaphores.
Holy shit the childhood "super sanity" of an awareness level that you still possess now so it feels like you never changed... Realest thing I've ever heard on YT
As a 56 year old NA Miata owner, I feel like I outta be offended by that. After watching the video however, I kinda see your point. Thanks for making my car look shabby Blue Falcon!🙂
Admittedly, I'm a lot more likely to tell the *cooler* stories from school days than the suckage ones. But yeah, I had the attitude that childhood was a temporary inconvenience best gotten over with. :)
Like RCR, I always HATED hearing "Enjoy being a kid while you can" from adults. What's so great about being a kid? You're stuck with your parents' schedules, public school is a total nightmare, your limited on doing much of anything. It wasn't until I got older and had more freedoms that I realized that the only adults that told kids "enjoy it while you can" are the ones that made stupid life choices and are miserable.
I'll never forget the time a lotus driver I was driving with (we didn't know eachother, I just gave him a thumbs up and we started driving side by side) saved my ass by letting me change lanes by slowing down and blocking traffic on both lanes after I accidentally entered a highway onramp lane that wouldn't have an exit for 13 miles. That was the most adrenaline I've ever felt driving my base model '08 Impreza 5MT.
The greatest lie of childhood is thinking that adults are special and mighty and all knowing and when you grow up you’d be like them. Only later you learn that they sometimes know even less than you do and there’s no one to make them learn smth new.
Here’s a weird thought that I’ve had since “adulthood”: Does anyone else still have the same basic mindset as they did when they were about 16 years old (plus or minus a couple years)? I’m almost 40, and still have a thought process like I’m 16. I have a Land Cruiser daily, ACR fun car (for the same reasons mentioned here), still play hockey for fun, build and fly RC airplanes for fun, and yet I’m a family man. I feel as if my mind is in a weird spot compared to where it should be as an adult.
I do as well. At 32 I still enjoy doing stuff I did at 12. Shooting, snowboarding, Japanese cars, videogames, playing music, hiking, etc. From experience, people tend to go nuts when they relinquish all their hobbies in attempting to portray something they're not.
I feel like being an adult is just losing connection with all your hobbies due to being busy with work or family. being an adult, I feel, is being a kid, but with more experience. If you feel like a kid while youre being an adult- that sounds like true happiness and connection with yourself.
I really enjoyed this one. When I was about 4 years old, me and my family were on our way back home from a Florida vacation. We stopped at a McDonald's for dinner that day. they had a run of happy meal toys that were hot wheels with headlights and under glow that would light up with a switch at the bottom. I got one shaped like a shark, but my brother got a forest green 1st gen lotus exige. I traded an absurd amount of cars for that thing and played with it till the wheels literally fell off. I still have it, half the bottom gone, wheels missing, and half the paint scraped off from wear. To this day, my dream is to one day own a 1st gen lotus Elise. A perfect union of function and form, and perhaps the most gorgeous car ever put on this earth. To me, lotus represents nostalgia at it's strongest. Lotus is childhood memories. And I hope one day to manifest a child's dream into full scale reality. Where I can lay nostalgia aside, and let new experiences with the same familiar form take shape. Thanks again for the great thought provoking episode!
I came from a small rural south Texas town and in high school I constantly heard "enjoy these days, these are the best years of your life". I guess that's true when you're 40, you live in a trailer, and the most exciting part of your week is watching 16 year olds play football on Friday night and reminiscing on when that was you out on the field. I got the fuck out of there at my first opportunity.
Loved Mr. Regular's riff on enjoying adulthood. The flip side of that is when the anniversaries you care about start to generate bigger and bigger numbers.
I gotta agree that childhood isn't really great, at least for those of us who can afford to have freedom of choice. And on the topic of happiness as an adult, you only let go of it if you want to. There's nothing wrong with being childish sometimes.
"You can't wait for life to be perfect before you enjoy it." This. This is why I bought a Vantage. With a manual transmission. Heed those words, guys, you'll never hear more sage advice.
I've always respected lotus. It feels like they don't want to be in the forefront. It seems like they only want to make quick, lightweight, and pretty cars that corner like nothing else.
It's the rare, amazing pricy Porsche but English, and Japanese at the same time. It's SICK! It's the old, thin pillar A, pillar B, and pillar C, not safe but lightweight and not fcukin obscuring the driver's view. Lotus is a single airbag from the early 90s that will not blow at all or will blow but will make you a blue eye. I will have my Cayman S someday. I will!
Your anecdote about a self-aware childhood hits home harder than I'm comfortable with. I feel like I've spent my whole life preparing for things to get worse, unable to enjoy the present.
I just purchased my personal version (not all that dissimilar IRL) of this car. I'm very happy with what it brings to my life. Thanks for further validating my decision :)
Gotta love guys like the owner of this Evora. Instead of stashing it in a garage like some prized trophy that's not allowed to be touched or seen, he drives it! He takes it out and enjoys it. In turn others get to enjoy it by seeing it on the road, in a parking lot, and in RCR.
"You can’t wait for life to be perfect in order to enjoy it." That right there was the exact same logic I had when I pulled the trigger on my dream car earlier this year. After putting in insane hours at work and not having much free time outside of work and chores, I decided to enjoy what little time I had. I regret nothing other than not doing it sooner. This is one of the best RCR's in a while, damn good job.
Man, you’re making these reviews so much more than just about cars. I don’t think I had a bad childhood (thank you, family) but my grandma with whom I’d spent the entirety of my life passed away when I was 12. That hit like nothing else. Past that I don’t remember feeling any different than I do now at 17... Not that life sucks now. I just feel moderately happy. Just being here, enjoying the moment while I can. Maybe that’s what maturity is
Though I’ve never driven one, nor am I ever likely to, I’ve always liked Lotus, even just as a brand. Not the fastest, not the flashiest, not locked in an eternal battle with a rival brand, just staying in their own lane trying to make the most engaging car they can
the thing about childhood is a big oof - ngl kink has really helped me kinda deal with a lot of the issues I had in childhood. "You're very mature for your age" is just another way of saying "wow, trauma caused you to grow up way to fast"
ah the wonderous joy of living a life and having a career mulling over whether you actually did grow up or are in a perpetual state of arrested development that will never let you get past impostor syndrome
@Martin I’ve driven Evoras with surprising miles on them and they are about as rattle free as any car due to the extremely rigid aluminum space frame construction. As far as other stuff is concerned there may be some items that won’t wear as well as other more mainstream cars but C8’s have been far from bulletproof, and although they will inevitably get better as production continues, so far they’ve been more “Lotus like” in that regard than Lotus’s ......paint chipping off bumpers, valve springs breaking and leaving cars completely disabled, rear axles breaking, inconsistent interior stitching, etc
@Martin as far as what? Fit and finish? Because in terms of styling the C8 Corvette looks like a Chinese knock off of every super car ever made...... like the cars in an Armor All advertisement that they were too cheap to pay the copyright cost to the manufacturer so they just made a hodge podge of supercars together. The C8 is an unbelievable value and I’ve driven one and it surprised me on how well it drove but it’s the most ungainly, compromised design with absolutely no originality I’ve ever seen..... not to mention they are already EVERYWHERE already and being bought by non car enthusiasts who are just lured in by the price tag. My 62 year old neighbor just bought one and for the last 30 years he has driven company cars (boring sedans) and never shown a bit of enthusiasm..... first thing he told me was that he gets 28MPG on the highway and that he can put 2 sets of golf clubs in the trunk 🤦🏻♂️
I'm not a big fan of cars, but what keeps me coming back to this channel are RCR's life stories and introspections. I didn't have the best childhood either (Far from terrible but still not great) and sometimes its hard to look around and see everyone dealing with life in a seemingly good and ajusted way; its always good to know that everyone has problems, no one's alone and no one has a perfect life, we're all in this together and the best we can do is find little things here and there that bring little sparks of joy into our lives.
It’s interesting to hear Mr. Regular echo many of the same sentiments from his own childhood that I remember from mine. I can recall a teacher in high school telling me “…these are going to be some of the best years of your life. Enjoy them while you can…” and I just thought to myself, “Damn, if this is as good as it gets, I’m gonna blow my brains out before I’m 30.” I’m glad it got better and very glad that Mr. Regular gives these existential dissertations to help me know I wasn’t the only one.
I bought put a deposit on an Evora 400 this week (picking it up on Saturday). This video was fantastic. Words can only begin to describe what makes these cars so special!
You know RCR has done it again. You have embossed your mark of automotive philosophy into a review and honestly made me cry man. This message stretches beyond cars and calls out for the goodness in everyday life we think is boring. Thanks man
The "super sanity" riff--perfect. I spent many years lost in the dissonance that brought on due to my inability to communicate effectively what I was feeling to the adults in my life.
Listen carefully to the next YT video you watch, you may not have noticed but most UA-camrs, especially those that deal with cars or car gaming tend to use GT menu music in the background of their videos. It's mostly copyright free and most importantly it just slaps.
Thank you Regular. I honestly really needed to hear the bit about waiting for times to get better before I can let myself enjoy things. Been in a slump for a while and that kinda got to me. Thanks, man.
Some have blown head gaskets, some have high mileage. I love the Ford Escape. I like its bigger brother, the Ford Edge even more. Source: I had a coworker's Escape (Ecoboost, 2013) blow a head gasket at 13x,xxx miles. It was repaired, and she still drives it.
13:42 I'm going to write this on a piece of paper and keep it with me. Either it will be in my backpack or pinned on my dorm wall. This Thursday I leave home again for my sophomore year of college, and this will be the reminder that I cannot get down on myself. Yes I deal with depression and anxiety, but I'm stronger than to let those drag me down. This year, hell this decade will be as good as I let it be, and I need to get my act straight and remember why I'm breathing and walking and talking today. Thanks for the advice, I won't forget it.
In most cases, creative people are at their summit when they're pissed or unhappy. You just proved the rule by being the exception to it. Appreciate both the Evora review and your musings of childhood, adulthood and the joy of happiness.
a teacher once told me (despite knowing i was going through some serious shit) that i should enjoy my childhood because things get worse in adulthood, i asked them if they were serious, and when they said yes, i said "why would i not kill myself if it's never going to get better?" i was not told to enjoy myself more after that
I rewatch this video several times a week, not just because of how the color pops in the camera vs other videos, but the enthusiasm of the experience as well. I guess it's crazy how I care about this care more than other, more capable cars, regardless of money. This car gets it.
Toyota could probably slap a MR2 badge on this and sell it for 30 or 40 grand and it would either sell like hot cakes, not sell at all, or sell like the Kia Stinger (good at the start but after a year or 2 it drops)
Aluminum space frame construction, AP Racing Brakes, lightweight wheels made by BBS, carbon fiber rear clam shell just to name a few .....trust me, this car couldn’t be sold for $30-40k 🤣
Even though I remember as a child recognizing that my lack of freedom sucked, I still missed those times where me and my younger brother were stuck in a furniture store with my parents and we played Pokemon emerald together. If I didn't have such an issue with nostalgia, I don't think I'd be held back as much as I am. I simultaneously think my childhood was lame and yet I still long for those days. I think I just miss my brother, who lives across the country, and my family unit, which is all but dissolved now. I've been able to do amazing things in my adult life that child-me would love. But I'm way less present now than I was as a kid. Idk I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually. I still think the Elise is prettier than the Evora as the Elise was my dream car as a child :D
*Lenny Kravitz- are you gonna go my way (gran turismo 3 remix) playing in background* Okay man. The track is Laguna Seca. You have 100,000 credits to build the fastest car. Best of three laps. Let's go.
Lotus , sponsored by that guy who fakes his accent at BBQ meeting with his wife's dad just so he can look more sophisticated but in reality her father would rather drink a 2 days old opened beer can than listen to him saying "Bloody quid, mate"
I've got an early NA Evora and I'm so pleased you got to drive a GT! I'd love to be able to try out a newer model with the better shifter and all the problems worked out.
Its a sports car review and you know what that means - everyone is gonna complain that regular didn't drive it douchey enough even though they would never dare to. And that one dude is gonna make his oil comments.
I've enjoyed RCR since the very very beginning. But I don't think I've ever commented before. I'm compelled to now, though. This video is art, and truly you can feel Mr Regular's affection for this vehicle show through in the thoughtfulness of this video. The care taken to the content and construct of the video is itself as much of a review of the vehicle as the actual review itself, if that makes any sense. Anyway, thanks for reminding me how badly I want a Lotus.
I spent two years as a thruhiker. Did long trails in 3 countries. I have the fondest memories of some of the wild ass cars that picked me up. Rusty F150s. Tarted up King Ranches. 18-wheel Peterbuilts. Ancient brown Volvo wagons just FILLED with weed. An ATV once. Vanlife nonsense. A Windstar filled with kids in car-seats. A Maori chief in first-gen Hilux. A few motorhomes. A helicopter. This *pristine* little BMW from the late 70s that the owner clearly loved more than anything in the world. A Sebring convertible with the top down in a snowstorm - literally and figuratively, that girl was coked out of her damn mind. Park-ranger jeeps, fireman Silverados, a policeman in a Crown Vic. And a thousand shitbox old Camrys and Accords. Thanks for making me think about them all - and more warmly.
Spot on regarding middle school. 6th grade was sheer hell for me, but I weathered it. 31 years later my daughter just finished 6th grade and did waaaay better than I did, because she learned the rare art of Making Your Own Happy, wherever you are. And I murmur to myself, "This kid is going places." I'll probably never own an Evora, but for the reasons you elucidate, I'm glad that it exists. It's a tangible and fungible expression of the philosophy that living well is the best revenge. It's a boutique chocolate or a rare vintage of wine that someone else will get to enjoy, but they will savor it so hard that I can feel the orgasm from over here. I think if more people could feel that, there'd be a lot less jealousy and bitterness in this world.
“You can’t wait for life to be perfect in order to enjoy it.” I needed to hear that today. Thanks.
I needed to hear that around 15 years ago, realised this myself only recently. Why do people keep giving you shit advice instead of stuff that really matters?
RCR: hitting us with life's best philosophy (BROWN) for nearly 10 years.
@@mvonsmallhausen3221 we’re all just trying to figure shit out. Try your best and learn from your mistakes.
Same.
I just wish my life was passable...
The beginning is like most corvette owners trying to sell you their car, but they are only selling it because their wife told them they had to.
Had that same crap happen from a guy selling a "special edition" SRT-10 RAM I was interested in. He kept quoting Meacum/Barret Jackson auction prices, for a car he had almost no documentation for, and was in "nice, but driven" condition.
Was about to write this. Finding this here already pleases me.
I dunno... “my mustang is best mustang because” “rare rare rare rare.”
Yep. So many people are on fishing expeditions with absolute garbage.
Yep, those C7 manual transmission sellers are getting pretty annoying!
My neighbour had a bright red Exige and his friend had a white Evora with red seats. Both of them parked up together was a thing of beauty... Until said neighbour tried to fit a new exhaust to his Exige and I had to come to the rescue because he fucked up and bent something out of shape trying to ham fist the new system into the car without reading the instructions. The engineering is beautifully simple and he still managed to fuck it up.
Still, whoever had the idea to put a Japanese engine into a British shell should get a Nobel peace prize. Toyota reliability with physics defying British sportiness.
My neighbor has a Lotus racecar. I assume it's a racecar because it's loud as fuck and he always tows it and never drives it on public roads. Cool guy, very cool car.
Edit: It also has some cool-looking Lotus liveries on it to top it off.
What do we learn kids? Always read the manual.
@@imnotusingmyrealname4566 RTFM, baby. RTFM.
Triumph acclaim
Agree 1000% on the Japanese engine in the British car. I've had many over the years - just got my old XKE back on the road after about 15 years of sitting and another lined up to begin restoration. I bought my Elise as a dependable British car and indeed it is wonderful to know you can drive it hard and it will still start every time. That definitely is a great feature !
RCR: Thoughtfully connects nuanced car criticism with musings on nostalgia and existence.
Doug: HANDLING IS NORMAL FOR A CAR LIKE THIS SO IT GETS A 5 OUT OF TEN
Lol He would say that!
No he wouldn’t.
He would say that for something like a 1987 Mustang GT given its sporting pretensions and low profile tires yet how sloppy and tail happy the rear axle is.
Or acceleration for a 1968 Camaro RS because most modern minivans will embarrass it at a stoplight.
He would score this high on the weekday and weekends because it performs great and is a cool car and you can live with it too as daily.
@@Bartonovich52 I don’t think Doug knows how to push a car hard enough to know the rear end is doing anything at all 😂
Dough has the energy of the guy who got a new car and keeps saying "hey look at this" then pushes a button
@@thrillhouse8787 Doug drives harder than RCR that's for sure. All I ever see is half ass throttle here
The fact that it gets 26Mpg combined with a 3.5 Supercharged V6 is actually insane. That's the same as my 2.0T Malibu. Weight reduction is the answer to all problems it seems.
"Simplify, then add lightness"
I have the same engine in a 15-1600kg Camry, and it gets 33 on the open road. With less weight, but the drag of a supercharger, 26 seems about right. It's a great motor.
dude my 2014 Naturally asp H6 legacy gets 15-20 tops, but it weights as much as a truck, so it would seem
That's the beauty of Lotus, weight reduction adds horsepower without adding horsepower.
This car is 3100 lbs and my Civic Si is like 2900 lbs, this isn't that light.
I have never felt so connected with Mr Regular as I did about the childhood thing, I had the exact same feeling. I usually don't comment on videos but that was a special one.
I think you meant to say; I have never felt so connected with Mr Regular as I did with the childhood thing.” They way you wrote it means that you didn’t connect with him about it at all and completely contradicts your point that you were making. Just letting you know
@@kinnexion Dude you knew what meant, and so did most of the people that read his comment. You don't need to be the comment sections 7th English teacher.
@@synnix3799 I think it's still good to know. But I get your point
@@synnix3799 ooof. Nothing wrong with knowing correct English and sentence structure. And there’s nothing wrong with being corrected when making a mistake. That’s how we all improve in life. You’re a sensitive little snowflake, aren’t you?
Hard agree there.
The whole section about being ok with not waiting to accept happiness his me like a high-velocity sack full of bricks though. (in a good way)
I take it "I did 170 on a closed road in Mexico" is American for "I did 170 on the autobahn". Yes of course I didn't max the speedo on the A20 at 2am, I was definitely in Germany where there was no speed limit, honest officer.
you are correct, but please keep your voice down
170 MPH is faster than 170 KPH though
Hahaha, yeah I maxed out my S1 on the M40 at 2am. I was scared.
One of the few perks of living in Germany!
I hope we are still allowed to do it after the election this year..
It would be the last bit of freedom we Germans have and I hope the „masses“ don’t decide that it’s time to castrate the rest of us.
@@sheldonholy5047 I managed to go 7 miles over the claimed top speed in my Mazda 3 on the A40 once. Probably could've gone even higher if I used Proper 99 octane and not spicy water 95
"I hope you like a 2 hour mix of Gran Turismo music, cuz thats what were listening too." Amazing. Absolutely fitting
I do that already
Casiopea is a staple in my cars.
*immediately started hearing the menu themes*
lol
I find that outrun or synth wave works better as it matches the dashboard vector graphics better
This little pseudo brainstorm about the childhood consciousness... Golden. This is the kind of stuff that makes RCR really shine.
This and farts, and funny metaphores.
and BROWN!
@@anydaynow01 And WE GOTTA TOUCH BASE!
Holy shit the childhood "super sanity" of an awareness level that you still possess now so it feels like you never changed...
Realest thing I've ever heard on YT
Lotus, the official car brand for maturing Miata owners. Happy Monday y'all, this one is a good one.
As a 56 year old NA Miata owner, I feel like I outta be offended by that. After watching the video however, I kinda see your point. Thanks for making my car look shabby Blue Falcon!🙂
I had an NB miata for 2 years now, and now I've bought en Exige XD BTW Still keeping and enjoying the Miata.
I daily drive a Miata and I want this car sometime in the future, so youre not wrong
"Don't wait for life to be perfect to enjoy it"
Damn, didn't realize we were doing some necessary therapy this morning but thanks
LOL a great quote
Mr RCR gets it.
Being a child sucks, but the adults around you need to tell you it's good because most peoples lives just suck in general.
Admittedly, I'm a lot more likely to tell the *cooler* stories from school days than the suckage ones. But yeah, I had the attitude that childhood was a temporary inconvenience best gotten over with. :)
Like RCR, I always HATED hearing "Enjoy being a kid while you can" from adults. What's so great about being a kid? You're stuck with your parents' schedules, public school is a total nightmare, your limited on doing much of anything.
It wasn't until I got older and had more freedoms that I realized that the only adults that told kids "enjoy it while you can" are the ones that made stupid life choices and are miserable.
Lotus? In my RCR breakfast? I've never been so willing to be awake at this hour.
Right? Christmas morning
lol
Of Course it's Jonathan's Lotus lmfao.
Thank God RCR didn't find the "Go Fast Eat Ass Kerchoo" sticker we put on his car. Unless JP removed it.
Bleydid aingil
Hello fellow ISAF member
How's the Miata?
Update, he hasn't removed it, he loved it in fact.
It's located on his other side of his battery cover.
I'll never forget the time a lotus driver I was driving with (we didn't know eachother, I just gave him a thumbs up and we started driving side by side) saved my ass by letting me change lanes by slowing down and blocking traffic on both lanes after I accidentally entered a highway onramp lane that wouldn't have an exit for 13 miles. That was the most adrenaline I've ever felt driving my base model '08 Impreza 5MT.
The greatest lie of childhood is thinking that adults are special and mighty and all knowing and when you grow up you’d be like them. Only later you learn that they sometimes know even less than you do and there’s no one to make them learn smth new.
And then you realize child-you was right about one thing: when you grow up you’d be like them.
Here’s a weird thought that I’ve had since “adulthood”:
Does anyone else still have the same basic mindset as they did when they were about 16 years old (plus or minus a couple years)? I’m almost 40, and still have a thought process like I’m 16. I have a Land Cruiser daily, ACR fun car (for the same reasons mentioned here), still play hockey for fun, build and fly RC airplanes for fun, and yet I’m a family man.
I feel as if my mind is in a weird spot compared to where it should be as an adult.
I do as well. At 32 I still enjoy doing stuff I did at 12. Shooting, snowboarding, Japanese cars, videogames, playing music, hiking, etc. From experience, people tend to go nuts when they relinquish all their hobbies in attempting to portray something they're not.
I feel like being an adult is just losing connection with all your hobbies due to being busy with work or family. being an adult, I feel, is being a kid, but with more experience. If you feel like a kid while youre being an adult- that sounds like true happiness and connection with yourself.
We don’t all have to be mindlessly boring drones when we get older. It’s good to have passions no matter what they are.
That just means you’re a fun person with personality, my guy. 👌
Can your wife say the same about her life? If so, good on both of you. If not, it sounds like she's stuck with an extra kid.
I really enjoyed this one. When I was about 4 years old, me and my family were on our way back home from a Florida vacation. We stopped at a McDonald's for dinner that day. they had a run of happy meal toys that were hot wheels with headlights and under glow that would light up with a switch at the bottom. I got one shaped like a shark, but my brother got a forest green 1st gen lotus exige. I traded an absurd amount of cars for that thing and played with it till the wheels literally fell off. I still have it, half the bottom gone, wheels missing, and half the paint scraped off from wear.
To this day, my dream is to one day own a 1st gen lotus Elise. A perfect union of function and form, and perhaps the most gorgeous car ever put on this earth.
To me, lotus represents nostalgia at it's strongest. Lotus is childhood memories. And I hope one day to manifest a child's dream into full scale reality. Where I can lay nostalgia aside, and let new experiences with the same familiar form take shape.
Thanks again for the great thought provoking episode!
There is no one like you reviewing cars. This is the authenticity of feelings compared and described to a car.
authentic indeed
I came from a small rural south Texas town and in high school I constantly heard "enjoy these days, these are the best years of your life". I guess that's true when you're 40, you live in a trailer, and the most exciting part of your week is watching 16 year olds play football on Friday night and reminiscing on when that was you out on the field. I got the fuck out of there at my first opportunity.
Loved Mr. Regular's riff on enjoying adulthood. The flip side of that is when the anniversaries you care about start to generate bigger and bigger numbers.
"I hope you like a 2 hour mix of Gran Turismo menu music"
Only 2 hours?
lol
"THIS ONE IS THE HONDA DEALER. REMEMBER? THIS ONE IS THE CHEVY DEALER. REMEMBER?"
"please slow down."
I like how there's practically no touchscreen on the dashboard.
Yeah, they usually jam one in as standard operating procedure.
As should be standard. "Infotainment" belongs in the center stack, not the dashboard, if it has to be in the car at all.
That's because this thing was designed over a decade ago. You can bet it would have a big screen if it were new.
@@markmiller3279 you mean like the Emira? Cause the Emira is basically a refined Evora
I’m really enjoying this “Time Traveling Roman” arc!🤣🤣🤣👌🏾
Does he have Ziggy from Quantum Leap?
I gotta agree that childhood isn't really great, at least for those of us who can afford to have freedom of choice.
And on the topic of happiness as an adult, you only let go of it if you want to. There's nothing wrong with being childish sometimes.
"You can't wait for life to be perfect before you enjoy it."
This. This is why I bought a Vantage. With a manual transmission. Heed those words, guys, you'll never hear more sage advice.
I've always respected lotus. It feels like they don't want to be in the forefront. It seems like they only want to make quick, lightweight, and pretty cars that corner like nothing else.
It's the only one of my dream cars that I often forget exists
Lotus is what TVR wants to be.
@@Xtoxinlolinecronomicon Actually in business making cars!
It's the rare, amazing pricy Porsche but English, and Japanese at the same time. It's SICK!
It's the old, thin pillar A, pillar B, and pillar C, not safe but lightweight and not fcukin obscuring the driver's view. Lotus is a single airbag from the early 90s that will not blow at all or will blow but will make you a blue eye.
I will have my Cayman S someday. I will!
Man, we all need to just pay attention to Roman, he's going through serious perils.
Hang in there Roman. You'll figure this out.
"Will Roman ever make it back to his home timeline? Join us next on Regular Car Reviews to find out!"
The last 5 minutes of this episode is some of the best writing I’ve heard on this channel. Love it.
I do love this car. And, I never liked being a kid when I was a kid either. I couldn't wait to grow up. And I have zero regrets
"Pick up an Appalachian thru hiker" is your new catch phrase.
This feel more like a phiosophy class than a car show...
I love it!
"The middle kid, though... maybe?"
Super subtle origin $tory with that naming convention. Looking forward to more lore of the RCRU.
Your anecdote about a self-aware childhood hits home harder than I'm comfortable with. I feel like I've spent my whole life preparing for things to get worse, unable to enjoy the present.
Mr. Regular kinda brought a tear to my eye, made me realize that the good times in life, are still to come. Thank you Mr. Regular, I needed that.
This feels like evangelion all over again
:)
I just purchased my personal version (not all that dissimilar IRL) of this car. I'm very happy with what it brings to my life. Thanks for further validating my decision :)
Gotta love guys like the owner of this Evora. Instead of stashing it in a garage like some prized trophy that's not allowed to be touched or seen, he drives it! He takes it out and enjoys it. In turn others get to enjoy it by seeing it on the road, in a parking lot, and in RCR.
There's no point in owning a car you don't drive as it was intended to.
“No, not you, Tom”
Poor Tom, lil guy just wants to feel included.
LOL
I expected an MR2 reference, but I sure didn’t expect it so soon.
MR2s are my distant cousin
"You can’t wait for life to be perfect in order to enjoy it."
That right there was the exact same logic I had when I pulled the trigger on my dream car earlier this year. After putting in insane hours at work and not having much free time outside of work and chores, I decided to enjoy what little time I had. I regret nothing other than not doing it sooner.
This is one of the best RCR's in a while, damn good job.
"Wow, if your childhood was the best time of your life, your life must suck now, huh?"
...
Yes.
Man, you’re making these reviews so much more than just about cars. I don’t think I had a bad childhood (thank you, family) but my grandma with whom I’d spent the entirety of my life passed away when I was 12. That hit like nothing else. Past that I don’t remember feeling any different than I do now at 17... Not that life sucks now. I just feel moderately happy. Just being here, enjoying the moment while I can. Maybe that’s what maturity is
Though I’ve never driven one, nor am I ever likely to, I’ve always liked Lotus, even just as a brand. Not the fastest, not the flashiest, not locked in an eternal battle with a rival brand, just staying in their own lane trying to make the most engaging car they can
So what tier of patron do I have to be to get the bowling ball?
your whole thing about childhood resonates with me too much
I didn't click on a car review to feel so hard
the thing about childhood is a big oof - ngl kink has really helped me kinda deal with a lot of the issues I had in childhood. "You're very mature for your age" is just another way of saying "wow, trauma caused you to grow up way to fast"
ah the wonderous joy of living a life and having a career mulling over whether you actually did grow up or are in a perpetual state of arrested development that will never let you get past impostor syndrome
@@IRUKANJI bars
@liar liar plants for hire guessing you're either stupid or underage lol
My hose had a kink in it once. I told them it was being a bad hose and it got wet.
The video has just started and I'm greeted by gibberish, amazing.
bowling ball
lol
Weed eater
The fact that he’s put 17k on this car in 6 months tells you all you need to know about the Lotus Evora GT.👌🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Seriously ☝️
Can’t imagine the sheer bliss of racking up that kind of miles on one of the best drivers cars remaining
@Martin I’ve driven Evoras with surprising miles on them and they are about as rattle free as any car due to the extremely rigid aluminum space frame construction. As far as other stuff is concerned there may be some items that won’t wear as well as other more mainstream cars but C8’s have been far from bulletproof, and although they will inevitably get better as production continues, so far they’ve been more “Lotus like” in that regard than Lotus’s ......paint chipping off bumpers, valve springs breaking and leaving cars completely disabled, rear axles breaking, inconsistent interior stitching, etc
@Martin as far as what? Fit and finish?
Because in terms of styling the C8 Corvette looks like a Chinese knock off of every super car ever made...... like the cars in an Armor All advertisement that they were too cheap to pay the copyright cost to the manufacturer so they just made a hodge podge of supercars together. The C8 is an unbelievable value and I’ve driven one and it surprised me on how well it drove but it’s the most ungainly, compromised design with absolutely no originality I’ve ever seen..... not to mention they are already EVERYWHERE already and being bought by non car enthusiasts who are just lured in by the price tag. My 62 year old neighbor just bought one and for the last 30 years he has driven company cars (boring sedans) and never shown a bit of enthusiasm..... first thing he told me was that he gets 28MPG on the highway and that he can put 2 sets of golf clubs in the trunk 🤦🏻♂️
I was spending about 500 to 600 dollars a month in fuel. WORTH EVERY DAMN PENNY
The most positive review in a long time and probably the first thing I would buy if I had the money
I'm not a big fan of cars, but what keeps me coming back to this channel are RCR's life stories and introspections. I didn't have the best childhood either (Far from terrible but still not great) and sometimes its hard to look around and see everyone dealing with life in a seemingly good and ajusted way; its always good to know that everyone has problems, no one's alone and no one has a perfect life, we're all in this together and the best we can do is find little things here and there that bring little sparks of joy into our lives.
It’s interesting to hear Mr. Regular echo many of the same sentiments from his own childhood that I remember from mine.
I can recall a teacher in high school telling me “…these are going to be some of the best years of your life. Enjoy them while you can…” and I just thought to myself, “Damn, if this is as good as it gets, I’m gonna blow my brains out before I’m 30.”
I’m glad it got better and very glad that Mr. Regular gives these existential dissertations to help me know I wasn’t the only one.
I bought put a deposit on an Evora 400 this week (picking it up on Saturday). This video was fantastic. Words can only begin to describe what makes these cars so special!
TBH I subscribe for the bowling ball.
You know RCR has done it again. You have embossed your mark of automotive philosophy into a review and honestly made me cry man. This message stretches beyond cars and calls out for the goodness in everyday life we think is boring. Thanks man
The "super sanity" riff--perfect. I spent many years lost in the dissonance that brought on due to my inability to communicate effectively what I was feeling to the adults in my life.
"hope you like listening to Grab Turismo menu music". IM NOT ALONEEEEEEE.
Listen carefully to the next YT video you watch, you may not have noticed but most UA-camrs, especially those that deal with cars or car gaming tend to use GT menu music in the background of their videos. It's mostly copyright free and most importantly it just slaps.
Monday is the only day I don't need coffee. RCR is my Monday coffee :D
Yes.
That talk about childhood and adulthood was extremely relatable dude.
RCR makes my Monday commute better every week
I’ve been watching RCR for a while and this is the best car review I’ve ever seen.
I appreciated the visual joke of saying the car is simple while showing a silly articulating headlight washer
Thank you Regular. I honestly really needed to hear the bit about waiting for times to get better before I can let myself enjoy things. Been in a slump for a while and that kinda got to me. Thanks, man.
This week, Lotus. Next week, 2017 Ford Escape.
Some have blown head gaskets, some have high mileage. I love the Ford Escape. I like its bigger brother, the Ford Edge even more.
Source: I had a coworker's Escape (Ecoboost, 2013) blow a head gasket at 13x,xxx miles. It was repaired, and she still drives it.
@Martin It's a pretty good car actually, but I prefer the explorer, those are awesome.
One of the best episodes in a while. It's nice to hear you say something good about a car every once in a while, man!
13:42 I'm going to write this on a piece of paper and keep it with me. Either it will be in my backpack or pinned on my dorm wall. This Thursday I leave home again for my sophomore year of college, and this will be the reminder that I cannot get down on myself. Yes I deal with depression and anxiety, but I'm stronger than to let those drag me down. This year, hell this decade will be as good as I let it be, and I need to get my act straight and remember why I'm breathing and walking and talking today. Thanks for the advice, I won't forget it.
Me too
Thanks for reviewing my car! Was a blast meeting you and driving around!
He dailies this? Hell yeah!
In most cases, creative people are at their summit when they're pissed or unhappy. You just proved the rule by being the exception to it. Appreciate both the Evora review and your musings of childhood, adulthood and the joy of happiness.
a teacher once told me (despite knowing i was going through some serious shit) that i should enjoy my childhood because things get worse in adulthood, i asked them if they were serious, and when they said yes, i said "why would i not kill myself if it's never going to get better?"
i was not told to enjoy myself more after that
Damn
That's how I got very close to ending it. If the point of life is to repopulate and die, why don't I just shortcut to the end?
@@yuriteixeira5816 there's more thing to life than just sex
"You were put on this earth to fart around. Don't ever let anyone tell you different." -Kurt Vonnegut
I rewatch this video several times a week, not just because of how the color pops in the camera vs other videos, but the enthusiasm of the experience as well. I guess it's crazy how I care about this care more than other, more capable cars, regardless of money. This car gets it.
This is the best review of this year so far. I appreciated the final thoughts about not waiting for life to be perfect to enjoy it.
"Adulthood is WAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than childhood."
Fucking THANK YOU!
It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. Beautiful car.
I wanna read that journal entry, this monologue is like you're in my goddamn brain
Lotus sales are going to hike up after a lot of us watch this video. I wont wait for life to be better. I'll make it better now!
Toyota could probably slap a MR2 badge on this and sell it for 30 or 40 grand and it would either sell like hot cakes, not sell at all, or sell like the Kia Stinger (good at the start but after a year or 2 it drops)
Aluminum space frame construction, AP Racing Brakes, lightweight wheels made by BBS, carbon fiber rear clam shell just to name a few .....trust me, this car couldn’t be sold for $30-40k 🤣
If this car sold at 40k you’d be dumb not to buy it
I really want a lotus now, also the guy saying "fun fact that's normal mode, let's hit sport" was one of greatest lines I've ever heard
We eventually need a supercut of all this time traveling, should our hero ever make the final leap home.
Even though I remember as a child recognizing that my lack of freedom sucked, I still missed those times where me and my younger brother were stuck in a furniture store with my parents and we played Pokemon emerald together. If I didn't have such an issue with nostalgia, I don't think I'd be held back as much as I am. I simultaneously think my childhood was lame and yet I still long for those days. I think I just miss my brother, who lives across the country, and my family unit, which is all but dissolved now. I've been able to do amazing things in my adult life that child-me would love. But I'm way less present now than I was as a kid. Idk I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually. I still think the Elise is prettier than the Evora as the Elise was my dream car as a child :D
Personalized plate says EVORAGT. Wow, how creative.
This guy just described my childhood. I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one.
Heh that side mirror adjuster is off a Renault. Nice!
Yes, I have car autism, why do you ask?
That wasn't just oversharing, that was a whole diary entry, and I loved it.
*Lenny Kravitz- are you gonna go my way (gran turismo 3 remix) playing in background*
Okay man. The track is Laguna Seca. You have 100,000 credits to build the fastest car. Best of three laps. Let's go.
I think that’s the best one yet. The best RCR, in the writing and delivery. Cool car too. Appreciate you making these
Lotus , sponsored by that guy who fakes his accent at BBQ meeting with his wife's dad just so he can look more sophisticated but in reality her father would rather drink a 2 days old opened beer can than listen to him saying "Bloody quid, mate"
I've got an early NA Evora and I'm so pleased you got to drive a GT! I'd love to be able to try out a newer model with the better shifter and all the problems worked out.
Its a sports car review and you know what that means - everyone is gonna complain that regular didn't drive it douchey enough even though they would never dare to. And that one dude is gonna make his oil comments.
This is one of the best videos I have ever watched from you guys. Been around for a long time and I see the quality has done anything but dropped
Y'all know you're gonna have to stitch these skits together and animate them at some point, right?
I already wanted a Lotus, but this is the best ad for a car I can never get that I've ever seen.
Fantastic! Finally!
I've enjoyed RCR since the very very beginning. But I don't think I've ever commented before. I'm compelled to now, though. This video is art, and truly you can feel Mr Regular's affection for this vehicle show through in the thoughtfulness of this video. The care taken to the content and construct of the video is itself as much of a review of the vehicle as the actual review itself, if that makes any sense.
Anyway, thanks for reminding me how badly I want a Lotus.
Thank you rcr I'm in a bio-lesson and MY GOD is it boring
Stop watching youtube in class
@@_BirdOfGoodOmen as if there was anything better to do when you're stuck in there
@@CabronazoMotivado well yeah watch the teacher or do your work. Pretty simple
I spent two years as a thruhiker. Did long trails in 3 countries. I have the fondest memories of some of the wild ass cars that picked me up. Rusty F150s. Tarted up King Ranches. 18-wheel Peterbuilts. Ancient brown Volvo wagons just FILLED with weed. An ATV once. Vanlife nonsense. A Windstar filled with kids in car-seats. A Maori chief in first-gen Hilux. A few motorhomes. A helicopter. This *pristine* little BMW from the late 70s that the owner clearly loved more than anything in the world. A Sebring convertible with the top down in a snowstorm - literally and figuratively, that girl was coked out of her damn mind. Park-ranger jeeps, fireman Silverados, a policeman in a Crown Vic. And a thousand shitbox old Camrys and Accords. Thanks for making me think about them all - and more warmly.
If only the Alpine A110 had a 6 speed manual...
Spot on regarding middle school. 6th grade was sheer hell for me, but I weathered it. 31 years later my daughter just finished 6th grade and did waaaay better than I did, because she learned the rare art of Making Your Own Happy, wherever you are. And I murmur to myself, "This kid is going places."
I'll probably never own an Evora, but for the reasons you elucidate, I'm glad that it exists. It's a tangible and fungible expression of the philosophy that living well is the best revenge. It's a boutique chocolate or a rare vintage of wine that someone else will get to enjoy, but they will savor it so hard that I can feel the orgasm from over here.
I think if more people could feel that, there'd be a lot less jealousy and bitterness in this world.
When school starts i tell kids i don't have to go to school anymore and laugh, interestingly often they laugh too.