Our son-in-law just bought a Dodge 2500 pickup that is a tradesman model supposedly for construction type work. That thing has so many bells and whistles/touch screen/stuff comes up in the dash with tire pressure and all that...I refuse to drive it and I have been driving pickups all my life. The idea is that is a stripped down model like construction employees would drive. ha ha
My husband needed another ranch truck and I told him it needed to be simple to drive, not all the stuff to figure out- just a normal truck. He found a 2006, not much newer without the added stuff that is like garbage to me.
My daughter has a new car that we all jumped in to go to CA last year for a family funeral...it has so much crazy stuff...I refused to drive it. My husband is keeping up with all that crud but not me. It is craziness.
My kids tell me I need a new car, mine is a 2006 and I told them if I had a new car with all that nonsense I would stop driving.
You almost need to a electrical/mechanical engineer with a PHD to work on anything built after 2010.
I have always been a diesel truck guy, but I will never buy another new diesel ... WAAAAAAAY to much junk on the engines and exhaust.
The other big problem I see with all the optional stuff they stick inside the cars/trucks is the major distraction these things cause, increasing potential for accidents, especially with young drivers.