Oh, agreed. The gee whizz bang aesthetic of the modern auto interior and features.

Sort of like the same empty value as using too may drier sheets to reduce static or add some sort of (sometimes toxic) synthetic odor (like that in fake scent candles or deodorant.)

Too keep them spending, the new or recently used purchasing masses.

I'm in no way informed as to a modern, durable, easily owner serviced automobile in the modern era. Yet some of the more mundane Toyota models, and maybe Mazda or Honda, as these seem to endure usual use to neglectful, high miles in a short interval, and such, so I'm told by some indie shop owners.

There was a recent article reporting the Tesla model 3 tear down, and the report is not good of the mechanics. The battery and battery management system electronics are okay, it says.

Lithium battery chemistry is on a precipice to change in a few years with far greater safety (thermal runaway) with ever better charge characteristics. I hope that means cheaper, safer in the garage for the masses that choose to own them. However, AC commercial mains, or the power grid connection, to many home may not be up to snuff to charge these cars en mass overnight in the car / home owner garage using three-phase AC power (220 / 240 VAC at high current). To move (swap?) energy consumption from carbon-based gasoline engine to the AC power grid may be problematic. Many that own a home, or rent it, with a garage, may require an ever charging energy storage system that is always charging to boost the current to hasten charging of fully electric vehicles.

Also, unless you reside in the North America pacific northwest, with much hydro power, most of the electricity come from coal or natural gas (better) carbon-based electrical power generation. The sheet hole named St. Louis with the stupid arches thing is power with around 80% coal fired-electrical power. Other flat land places are in the same boat.

Folks own the early Prius hybrid and some of teh few fully electric models are are able to busget the daily commute before the battery charge fails so they are able to manage the risk by connection to the home charging station, and the ever more abundant, yet still rare charging stations, and if not free, are rather dear to charge at for the price of a kilowatt. Metered power is lost with each conversion between AC to DC.

Battery packs can fail in performance and fully fail with age. Manufacturer to offer guidance on battery pack interval which can cost many sevens of so of thousands for a Prius, so I've read.

The electric car revolution is not quite here.

So, I'll probably look at the final year of a Toyota with manual transmission and FWD.

Though if I owned a garage and was better off financially (HA! Say no to fascism.), it would be swell to broach 240 ownership and recurring, anticipative care so reliability is not an issue as the 240 reaches antique age.

As for a fully electric 240:
Volvo 240 GL Classic Electric
https://www.facebook.com/electricvolvo/

Yet it is the engine, heavy as it is, producing a low HP / Torque to weight ratio, with endurance for the ages, and burns quite cleanly with well-tuned engine control and a light pedal action (I drive it like I love it, or like a little owld man).

Sorry to go on so.

MacDuffed.
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