rant thread !
what annoys you about modern cars ?
let's start with...
multiple drive modes - hate 'em; if i want a sports car i'll buy one and not expect my humbolt extreme suv to have sports, sports sharp or other dopey choices.
a recent drive in a new alfa romeo showed just how inept such features are - it had a 'dna' switch - dumb, numb, awful
likewise new cars that allow you a zillion choices in setup, usually none of them right.
don't car designers have strength of conviction on their design choices any more ?
sports suspension - why does a car like a porsche 911 (supposedly a sports car) need the option of sports suspension ? shouldn't it already be sporty ?
electric parking brakes - arghhhhhhh
plus no more handbrake slides :(
non-defeatable traction control/esp/nanny systems.
awful steering wheel designs - rims that are too fat (mr bmw) or too smaller a diameter so that the instruments are obstructed (mr peugeot).
steering wheels festooned with buttons - vw, audi, ferrari
keyless start - what's so hard about inserting a key and turning it ?
please add more !