@mitch Your post got me thinking. I’ve recently been reading some books, and watching some YouTube videos on cars of the 1970s and 1980s. It got me thinking about some of the cars that I had in those days. My favourite was a Ford Granada Scorpio 2.9 litre. I absolutely loved that car. It was a sheer joy to drive. The seats were like sofas and you wafted along in real comfort. It had all the creature comforts of the day but, ABS aside, obviously none of the safety features of todays cars, yet I never felt unsafe in it and mercifully never had a prang in it.
By contrast, our current car (top of the range Tucson) has every conceivable safety system, driver aid and luxury feature, yet I see it as a functional car and I never get the sense of enjoyment that I used to get with older, less well equipped cars. Is that progress? I don’t know, but if I could buy a brand new 1980s Scorpio today I’d jump at it 😂