I'm feeling the need to wade in here to redress the chippie /RV4,6,7,8 balance.
The chipmunk is a lovely aeroplane, best control harmony , gorgeous to fly , spins beautifully , smells amazing etc but when you weigh in maintenance, cleaning a litre of oil off the fuselage after each flight, the faffy starting procedure, the crazy brakes, the ring pull engine stop you really need to love it.
The rv is pretty nice to fly, awfully fast and (relatively)cheap to maintain. Yes it lacks character but makes up in accessibility. There is no pre engine start or post stop messing around.
If someone else was paying I'd fly a Chippie. But I'm not an engineer and like flying so it's the lycoming power for me.
To answer the op you must own a chipmunk at least once in your life.