Indeed. I'd benefit from having a newer car in some ways, but I actively don't want any specific new model I've seen for years because of their awful uses of t

Indeed. I'd benefit from having a newer car in some ways, but I actively don't want any specific new model I've seen for years because of their awful uses of technology. Go back to making cars that are about driving -- safely, efficiently and comfortably -- without all that other junk, and I'll throw money at you. But still not too much money, because I don't think fully electric vehicles and the infrastructure to support them are quite there yet, and anything using an ICE or hybrid tech feels like it's only a stepping stone to the fully electric world that we'll probably be living in a decade from now. I can't imagine why anyone would want to buy the kinds of cars that the big manufacturers are producing today unless they had no choice, and I'm not surprised at all that more people are keeping their existing vehicles for longer.