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.