2002 Toyota Echo 4dr w/air & heat, quarter million miles, no clock and I have no intentions of ever purchasing another car ever.
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It's a nightmare and it's probably going to get worse now that they are ditching Apple Carplay and Android Auto. https://www.motortrend.com/news/general-motors-removing-apple-carplay-android-auto-for-safety-tim-babbitt/
I got a new car recently. The best feature it has is the adaptive cruise control. You can set cruise control and if the car in front of you is going just a bit slower than the cruise control, you will not creep up on it.
Most of the other shit is useless. It has that magic rearview mirror that is really a camera, but I dont like using it because it is easier to focus on a real mirror than a display. it also has the cameras that read the road signs, but they often pick up the wrong info anyway, especially in a construction zone.
At least it has real buttons for the HVAC. I sat in three other cars, and two of them didn't have HVAC buttons. I got right out. Car makers like the screens because they think they can eliminate buttons, but buttons are more effective.
I recently had to drive my parents' new Volva XC40 and that thing is one of the most overengineered vehicles I've ever ridden in.
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The lane assist is kinda great while driving because if you drift a little it helps keep you in your lane. But I found myself literal fighting against the wheel whenever I was genuinely changing lanes, on a lane-ending merge, but more importantly trying to not get sideswiped when a semi drifts into my lane.
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Instead of traditional shifter, or even shift buttons like my '14 MKZ, this thing has a 3-position shifter knob to go between R-N-D, a separate long-press button to simply put it into park (and by long press, I genuinely have to verify on the dash it's is park because I almost jump a parking block more than once since I didn't press long/hard enough) and a separate little knob in the center console whose sole purpose is to turn the car on and off.
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The electric child-lock is a nice little button mixed in with the window controls on the driver door arm rest...which both myself and my parents have accidentally engaged on a number of occasions by resting our arms on the arm rest.
Aside from that, even in my car I outright HATE the auto environmental controls where you have to set an internal temperature and when the temp reaches that it changes the air to maintain. So if it's a blazing GA summer, and i set the thermo at 69 (nice) once the internal temp reaches 69 it starts blasting not-cold air.
While the lane assist and adaptive cruise control can help a little on those long trips, I genuinely dislike them because I believe it actively encourages the driver to not pay attention to driving.
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I don't mind tech, i hate bad tech
When i got my last one i specifically asked for, and got, no electric or electronic "conveniences". Even the doubledin stereo got removed and a singledin unit put in its place for fewer distractions or trackers. Oldschool rules.