Luddite, That reflects my thinking exactly. Aston Martin have them built in to their cars to maintain battery status so if it's good enough for them then I felt I was on the right track! I bought a high spec option so as to cover future eventualities for different battery styles/types and it has a regeneration cycle and a stand alone power source if say disconnecting the battery for any reason it keeps radio power on etc. Like you, since using it I have to say all has been fine.
I am with you also re the functionally and the user interaction of all these electronic systems. I think it started to go downhill when button combinations gave more that one function, It may well be logical to those pencil sharpening designers but it certainly ain't to us mere mortals. Now we've reached the single control wheel, a touch screen and the inability to keep your eyes where they should be whilst driving the car as the screen is somewhere below dash level. I wonder were the "Head up display" brigade disappeared to and the footwell I-pad brigade took over!
Sod looking out the window, my car drives itself! Really!
sewen... perhaps best not to watch Harry`s Garage latest vid on the Ferrari 296 GTS as just seeing his frustration in terms of cancelling all the ADAS programming before setting off was grinding my gears....
On the other hand.... perhaps I should change my forum name to Selective Luddite as I also run a Tesla, though only rarely and just to perform the weekly shopping, of the three cars I currently run, I have to admit that it would be the last to go... I have little doubt that a Tesla can perform amazing digital wizardly, but in truth I desire minimal interaction with it and just wish it to perform reliably for as long as I might last. Truth be told I suspect some of it`s capabilities may make up for the old man I have become to some degree, the all round cameras present an on screen of parking bay lines, and generate audible proximity warnings, and combined with the reversing camera, works a treat...I view it as a basic transportation device, and if it in any way might reduce global warming then that is just fine by me..
