While I can buy and drive any new car, I prefer my 14 year old Prius v.

i like modern cars, for the reliability and refinement. fast/techy/enormous don't appeal to me at all.
some tech i like, the useful kind. i lived through 40 years of bad tech, starting with lucas electrics and the fiasco of pollution controls

 

I agree on the Fit controls.

 

The reliability is nice. I haven't had any major issues with my Avalon. It kind of makes me wonder why I pay for towing and roadside assistance.

But I still miss my stick-shifts, chrome bumpers, sliding heater controls, and cars that put down the road with their own exhaust sound.

 

I pay for it, and I live in one of the more habitable regions of the planet.
I might roll the dice if I were single - but I like to provide for this small security for my family.

Ah....who doesn't?

Maybe this is why people our age are so enamored with antiques cars and all motorcycles.

 

For those states with a property value tax component to registration fees.

 

One other thing that makes me wonder why I'm paying for it is that the last time someone in my family used AAA towing, they didn't show up until 3 days later. We had to go pick up my brother 55 miles away and bring him back home so he didn't freeze to death, then take him back the day AAA finally said they had a tow truck.