Holy Christ that car is SO MINT. Gotta appreciate someone taking such good care of a car like that.

>Reliant K >Roman not doing a cover of a Reliant K song smh

“There is *one* fuel injector. And it’s just goin’ *pffffffffffff* “ I literally died at that moment

Your stories about childhood make me feel an aching sadness deep inside.

I'm amazed that this is a Pennsylvania car and it's THIS clean

That quote at the end "Do you have a watch?" "Yeah, it's water proof" "Good, then you're the leader see you at 8" That really kicked up some buried memories

My dads first new car was a 1984 dodge ares wagon 5 speed manual in grey with grey interior. My first 13 years of life was in this car. Family trips to the grand parents, trips to the grocery store where my dad sat up front with me and my two other brothers sat at in the back waiting what felt like an eternity for mom to come out of the store. Playing with the map light was the highlight of sitting up front. When dad down shifted to overtake a transport on the highway the wagon was a racecar to us as kids. Thank you for the review so i can see all the details i remember even that tailgate gap that tappers.

Really? No mention of how clean that K car is?! It’s the first one I’ve seen that didn’t have the Flintstone braking option.

“Do you have a watch? Then you’re the leader” This video took me back to middle school quicker than any home video or photo album could

My first car was a hand-me-down 1982 Reliant wagon with a, get this, 4-speed *manual* paired to the 2.2. I beat the shit out of that car, and yet it never let me down. I miss that car.

it's B R O W N

No Christian rock references?

Me and this car are the same age... and it's holding up better than I am

Probably the decline in sales of the 1989 Plymouth Reliant was due to the release of the all new 1989 Plymouth Acclaim (K-car 2.0). You should review one of those as well.

Only Mr. Regular can do such a job of making you nostalgic for experiences you've never even had.

4:18 "FRONT WHEEL DRIVE" I like how this detail about the drivetrain is so super important that the driver must be notified about it. At all times till the end of time.

My parents '80s car lineup: green Plymouth Reliant K wagon (1982? maybe, something like that) 86 Dodge Caravan with the Mitsubishi engine 88 Plymouth Sundance with Shadow taillights after my dad backed it into the front of a Ford Ranger

The Frackville grade is Formula One for Schuylkill County

Oh man. That is a real specimen of a kindred time. As wholesome as a slippery Werther’s Original candy and an episode of Mac & Me On VHS rented from the Baptist Church Library video section. Thank you.

The middle-aged man who reached out to offer you the chance to drive his car appears to be growing increasingly concerned over your fawning and, indeed, giddiness over his admittedly well-kept but, nonetheless, abjectly mundane, 1980's station wagon. 4:25 Good for you, Mr. Regular. Live your best life.

How much is the torque converter eating up? Let's just say, it's going back for seconds.😁

There are so many instances of "pause to appreciate" beauty in this car. So clean.... such unique lines!

This needs to be in forza motersport

Had an 89 Aries sedan in this exact color combo, but I had the bench seat and column shifter. Most comfortable car I’ve ever owned

My dad had a couple of these cars (sedan style) for his business as a service engineer. One had over 500,000 and still ran but that 19 second 60 was a thing of the past by that time. Good comfortable cars for what they were.

Damn, what a treasure. I’m glad someone saved one and kept it in near-mint condition.

"I wish you had a VIRTUAL AAASSSS" I busted out laughing so hard...damn it Mr Regular you still get me after all these years.

When I was in collage back in 1994, my girlfriends parents had an 89 K car sedan. They invited me to go to Florida with them during a break in February. We drove from Upstate New York to Daytona Beach Florida in a K car sedan. Not even a wagon, a sedan. Can you imagine 4 adults in a K car sedan with luggage traveling to Florida from NY. Yikes!!!! What a time to be alive.

Wow, I admire the owner for keeping it in such awesome condition. Amazing. Anyone that loves an older car like this and takes care of it deserves respect.

I had an 84 Aries wagon that my grandparents handed down to me in 1990. Metallic brown, tan vinyl interior with the bench and the column shifter. This car routinely ran on after the ignition was keyed off and eventually set itself on fire (non fatally) as a result of the plastic “smog pump” failing. I had a sound system in that thing that would knock your socks off though, lol.

This was my first car. I bought it for $800 from my neighbor, who would later be my creative writing professor in college. It was maroon, and the hatchback would not stay latched. It would pop open upon rapid acceleration, which really wasn't an issue because rapid acceleration in that car was rare.

This is a nostalgia punch right to the face. My boss at my first job had a Reliant K wagon and we used it as a delivery vehicle. It's the first car I spent any appreciable solo time driving and I loved the thing. Spent much of time time in there at WOT and the thing just kept right on going.

Your willingness and ability to compare any car to some quality of handy or sloppy BJ never ceases to amaze, entertain and inspire.

My grandmother had a Dodge Aries throughout my childhood, and seeing this review brought back some great memories. I can still hear the obnoxious buzzer that would sound every time she started the car.

"I'll meet you at the payphones at 8pm! Do you have a watch? Yes. It's waterproof. The you're the leader!" I feel this.

Slightly disappointed Roman didn't do a Relient K song for this one

The passion I felt from that story you told at the end only comes from someone telling it from the heart. Thank you for being such a gift to the word, we all love you, guys.

I was born in the mid 90's so this may have been just barely before me, but I knew someone with one of these. But with the narrative that you give, it breathes a life into this drab econo box that feels simultaneously undeserved and understated. The story telling gives me the *feel* of a car I never remember being in. You made me nostalgic for another person's memories. And that's why I value this channel so much. Never stop. (I did notice the lack of fart noises in this video, I'm sure it was a mistake so I'll give this one a pass, but dont do it again.)

"Meet me by the payphones at..." You just threw me back to a forgotten place in my childhood so fast I got whiplash.

My best friends mom drove around a k car when I was a kid, so I can say without a shred of a doubt that this is the single best car review video on the internet. All it needed was describing what closing the front door is like and saying "it feels pretty good but could be better" without elaborating. Have a nice day.

"why don't they make MAP LIGHTS like this anymore?" - Mr Regular, 2019

The first 30 seconds of this video has so much chaotic energy even for Mr Regular standards

Wow does this car bring back memories! My family had quite a few chrysler products of that generation, any of those cars brings back so many memories! I can still remember the smell of the headrests and interior upholstery of our 89 Voyager! And yes, my Dad did in fact have trouble with the a/c going up steep hills on long trips loaded down with the fam/cargo! I'm glad to be part of the last generation that experienced life with no cell phones. I do believe i just dated myself....

Your childhood story sent me into flash back mode, remembering the 1963 Olds Dynamic 88 wagon that my dad bought new on 1/30/63. It was the family car for exactly ten years. It took us from Wisconsin to Florida to Virginia to California to Germany back to California to Maryland before the engine died on 1/30/73 while on a simple trip into town. Great times were had in that beast, riding in the rear-facing seat all the way at the back, and making faces at the cars behind us. Simpler times!

Fortunately, the only K platform car we had was a Dodge Lancer Turbo. That was actually a nice car. Granted the transmission gave out at 105,000 miles, but by then it had been passed on to my sister.

K's got torn apart verbally and physically in Handyman Corner many times. Good laughs.

I miss wagons a lot, too bad stupid compact SUVs killed them. edit: just to clear up, I mean I dislike SUVs with unibody construction, not the good ol' body-on-frame ones.

I've been watching this channel for a while and I always look forward to a new review. I'm from the Netherlands and I don't think we even got this car but, to quote The Roman: "I WANT IT!"

A BROWN WAGON? OMG I'M LITERALLY SHAKING

I'm just a bit older than you, Mr. Regular. I had this exact color Reliant in a couple body as my *second* car. That red interior and the gawdawful 0-60 time reminds me of parties with friends in State College, and gigs with the Mount Union Big Band Sound in Portage, the back piled full of gear and the car sitting awkwardly up at the front. Can't put the stuff in the trunk, it might break my new glass piece I hid in the spare tire well. My first car? A 1983 Reliant. Ah, memories. Thank you. Merry Christmas.

Omiomiomigawd! Finally. Most of my youth we had two cars in the drive. 1981 Aries Wagon. And 1985... wait for it... Aries Wagon. Frickin loyalty. I have a few pictures from about 1981-2. That Aries, in a parking lot, in a sea of Gremlins and Chevelles looked like Marty McFly screaming in from the future. (This was helped by the 1981 being a cherry-ass red wagon in a sea of BROWN, although it was vomited-tomato-soup red by the time I got a permit 10 years later). The other thing the K-Car did was get a lot of 'technology' to small-town America. Where I grew up, Toyotas were really, REALLY rare until like 1992 (the XV10 Camry). It wasn't told as much of "I don't want one of them rice-burners". Rather, "Yuh can't git parts for it" was a real, or a least widely held, thing, in a place where buying non-Big-3 meant a dealer 75 miles away, so you were 75 miles out past your supply lines.

Brooooooooooown

My grandfather had one of these brand new. he put the rear defroster on and the back window just exploded...

If the 2.2/2.5L was sluggish going uphill, then you needed to set the base timming up a few more degrees. My old 2.5L sundance could roast the tire at a standstill with enough throttle lol.

My Grandfather was a "Mopar or no car" until death.. He bought a 1987 Lebaron brand new. It was mint, and you just couldn't help but love the little bastard.

I really like this thing's front grill.

I'm surprised at how clean that is. Loved the story at the end.

This is the episode I've been waiting on my whole life. Thank you.

God this brings back memories. Especially the 0-60. I remember riding with my grandma in her Newyorker, as kid, going up a grade, and getting passed by a box truck. She looked at me and said, "that's it, I'm flooring it" and watched the digital dash count down to surface street speeds on a highway. Thanks for nostalgia Mr Reg.

This video is *steeped* in nostalgia. Like a window into the past.

I have a blue sedan version of that very car. Just over a 100k original miles. Still runs too! Though just a tad bit rougher on the body from the winters. Though it is the bench front with the column shifter. Now it mostly serves as a backup car since I have gotten some other cars to drive around that are a bit designed for the needs that I have.

The writing for this show is as good as it gets.

I had a red one of these, same interior. Used it for carrying groceries, moving jobs, made college a heck of a lot more fun.

FINALLY! thank you for this review! This wagon was my service delivery work vehicle back in 1989. I would literally fold the rear seats flat and fill it to the brim with boxes and boxes of 50lb copy paper. And then I'd go out and about delivering them all over the hilly up and down streets of SF with no problems. Never broke down on me once and the seats are comfy too and easy to parallel park going up or down. Did this 5 days a week and even I broke down first before the car did. I ended up injuring my back a few years later and got promoted LoL.

My first car was a Reliant sedan, the timing belt broke and left me stranded in a mcdonalds drive through.

The childhood story made me realize how much I miss an era I wasn’t even old enough to remember.

The trunk space! Flat floor with rear seat down! So many new crossovers can’t pull that off! I grew up with the sedan form of these - an 81 then an 86. Many fond memories.

I still miss my Blue '88 Aries station wagon, which was my first car. Bought it from a mother and daughter back around early to mid 2000s. I'll admit, I've wondered if anyone has tried to actually maintain a K car in good condition these days. I'm rather impressed with how pristine Phil's car looks.

"...and I don't care if I get sent to the bad table." Describes my middle school years.

Rcr k-car review: the video you didn’t know you needed.

The holy grail of regular cars. Congratulations RCR!

My first car was a 86 Dodge 600. My grandfather traded in an Aspen RT for it. I loved that K car. So so smooth. Wicked nice interior. With it had the turbo option. Real tidy size. The 77 Aspen had the same window cranks.

We have reached peak regular car.

First car I ever drove in a parking lot when I was 14 was a 1984 Dodge Aries. I learned how to drive with it a year later when I got my learner's permit. As a car guy and avid Gran Turismo 2 player, I was disgusted at how slow it accelerated. Passing power was abysmal.

I doubt anyone would believe this today, but my friend's dad got one of the first K cars in New England. He got constant stares and everywhere he went people kept asking him questions about it. Yup, it was a revolutionary design for the time. Only thing that I've personally seen close to that is when my ex got one of the first Scion xBs available.

I vividly remember my Moms 88 Plymouth Reliant Sedan with that same crushed velour interior in tan. Was probably the only family car we had in the 90s that wasn't covered in rust, instead it had a lousy transmission that died on us halfway through our drive home to Buffalo from Allegany in PA, that was an adventure.

The 1989 model year was abbreviated. The Plymouth Acclaim was introduced later in the '89 model year...and I think they wound down K -car production to make room for it.

The K stands for Klitoral Stimulator!

The "FWD stir-fried four-cylinder karatebox" line is fantastic in its boomerness

Some of the earliest car memories I have are of my parents mid 80’s reliant k wagon. I was very young but I remember riding in it and my pap pap’s square body Chevy to stores that don’t even exist anymore. They traded it in for a 89 mercury sable they had for several years after, and even after that K car was gone my dad would still comment on how it wouldn’t make certain hills with the air conditioning on.

Ahhh yes...I took my road test in an Aries in 1997. My parents Also had ab 82 lebaron with the 2.6 whose oil pump took a dump in my early memories.

These are the cars of my young adulthood. We had two: an '82 Reliant wagon and an '87 LeBaron convertible. They were great cars, roomy, comfortable, and dare I say reliable, if not exciting. Toyota delivered on the promise of the K car with the Camry.

FINALLY indeed!! The car this channel was made for! Sisters first car was a 94 Acclaim. So. spectacularly. Regular!

We had an '84 Chrysler K wagon for the first 10 years of my life... many great summer vacation memories complete with burned legs on the red vinyl seats. My parents also never used the A/C on it.

Damn this car looks like George Costanza.

Oh boy my depression is aboutta be cured for 10 minutes!

I came back for more. I love these cars! We've had six K derivatives in the family over the years.

Oh man what a flashback! I’ve been in several of these back in the 80’s. My grandparents had the sedan version.., the Aries. Those cars really were a smooth ride. I can also relate to his minivan story. My parents bought the first model year too. That thing was so underpowered, and slow as hell getting up to highway speeds. Not the typical 65-70 today, but slow getting to the speed back then which was 55. I miss the 80’s.

I had a 1984 New Yorker with the 2.6l Mitsubishi engine, you know the slower straight four that they plastered the car with “2.6HEMI” all over the outside because “It HAS HEMISPHERICAL HEADS AND THE HEMI SOLD BIG NUMBERS TWENTY YEARS AGO WE NEED TO BRAND THIS AS A HEMI OR IT WONT SELL” 0-60 is yes, it can reach 60, I’ve even reached 95, did I feel safe at 95? Absolutely not, but god it was fun. One time I managed to get it from NJ to VA for thanksgiving, only filling up twice inbetween the states. ‘‘Twas a glorious sight, although when driving city I was probably averaging 12mpg, not a very efficient car

Excellent.

My mom drove one of these wagons with the fake wood side panels for years! That amazing trip computer was so awesome!!! The late 80's ruled!

My mom had a 1987 Dodge Lancer with the 2.2 TURBO. Last decade, I used to roll around in a 1985 Plymouth Turismo with the 2.2 HO engine and a 5 speed manual gearbox. That car was a blast.

I never believe owners fuel economy estimates. Do a year long fuel calculation keep track at every fill up and then see.

I used to love those map lights.... bring'em back baby.

I've been waiting for this one for a loooong time. Very cool! Great video all around.

I love when these reviews go down little rabbit hole narratives of real memories.

6:30 “no legend ever really escapes the auto industry unchanged” *glances at Mustang Mach-E*

3:33 Oh that's a safety issue...that way your fingers don't get broken when your dad slams that hatch..."Goddammit I told you to watch yer fingers!!"

Man, this brings back memories! We had a K platform dodge minivan with that same color interior.

Your description of single port fuel injection is perfect and I love it.