I have owned many aircraft over the last nearly 40 years and they all have the attributes and negatives, but I must say the RV6 I currently have is a superb design, that is safe, economical on fuel, very fast and pretty cheap to maintain. It may not have the heritage of a Chipmunk, that is the personal taste. I always equate cars to aircraft to my non flying friends --- so the Chipmunk is a vintage 50's Aston Martin, the RV6 a modern day BMW Z4. Our Comanche was a big fast BMW 535, our Robin DR400 a Citroen ( with delicate electrics but fast tourer ). A chipmunk is a labor of love. An RV is a lets blast down to S France at 150 kts or go up for half an hour of twirling around.