Message to the World Auto Industry: I've been customer of yours for decades. For all that time, one of my main concerns was ease of maintenance, and for that

Message to the World Auto Industry: I've been customer of yours for decades. For all that time, one of my main concerns was ease of maintenance, and for that I regard a pillar to be SIMPLICITY. This article is an extreme example of why I don't like your electronics in your cars -- an exception for the fuel injection and ignition system and, sure, a radio. Otherwise, for ANY electronics, I don't want it. Get rid of it. To me a car with more electronics is MUCH less desirable and valuable. I'll work HARD to find used cars that have no such electronics. None. E.g., my favorite car was a 1986 Chevy S-10 Blazer with a V-6 engine, electronic fuel and ignition, and NO more electronics. I'd still have it except winter road salt caused too much rust, e.g.,actually rusted through the oil pan. Another car I liked was a 1971 Chevy Nova -- Chevy small block, 350 cubic inch displacement, V-8, automatic transmission. Sure, electronic fuel and ignition would have helped some. Bluntly, in fact, no doubt, I'd take that 1986 Blazer over any and all your current cars with electronics. No joke or exaggeration. To improve on the Blazer? Sure, do a LOT to resist corrosion. Yes, I know, your electronics engineers have a long list of various aids, assists, reminders, monitors, etc. that can be done with electronics and are eager to include in the new cars. Get them jobs doing something else, maybe using electronics to automate parts of your manufacturing, maybe making toy cars for kids. Just keep those engineers far away from any cars you want me to buy. E.g., WWII movies show a Jeep. Okay, I'd prefer it to any of your electronic cars. Are you getting the message -- I don't want electronics in my car? And why? Because just as in the article, it is a reliability and maintenance problem. The electronics cost a lot more and makes the car much less desirable, useful, and valuable. MUCH less. For more, follow the famous, KISS principle -- "Keep it simple, ..." E.g., for headlights, just use the old, common, standard, cheap, really good, readily available "sealed beam" headlights. Use 4 of them, 2 low beam and 2 high beam -- get LOTS of good light, cheap, reliable, rugged, easy to maintain. For your stylists eager to create some stylish, high-fashion, dashing, sweeping, space age, new ..." artistic, emotional expression, send them off with the electronics engineers. Just use those sealed beam headlights. I'm not joking -- for me, that WWII Jeep beats all your present work. It was simple, likely cheap, rugged, reliable, easy to maintain -- to me, that's a dream car, better than anything you are trying to sell. Yes, for that Jeep, rear wheel drive only would make it still better. The Nova and Blazer were much better still. The Blazer would have been still better with rear wheel drive only. No joke, to summarize, get rid of the electronics and other junk that is expensive to buy and maintain but delicate and not rugged or reliable.