Things I dislike about newer cars

Don’t get me wrong, improved safety and reliability are definitely appreciated, but I’m a bit old school when it comes to features. My wife and I bought her a new Acura RDX and while she loves the features, I hate them. I’m sure they are pretty standard on most cars with technology packages. I hate not having a knob to turn when I want to change the radio station or source. Instead I have to use a touch pad and stare at a screen while trying to drive in heavy traffic. I also dislike cars that by default shut off every time you stop at a traffic light. The RDX doesn’t have a way to permanently turn this feature off. You have to remember every time you start the car. If I move my foot a little while at a stop light the car either starts again or shuts off. I hope the starter is high quality. If I need to gun it to pull out in heavy traffic, I have to depend on the engine starting and being quick enough if I have the radio up and don’t realize the engine isn’t running. Though this car doesn’t have it, I am not a fan of built in alarm systems. I’ve had several cars where there was some sort of inconsistent bug that would prevent the car from starting that could never be duplicated at a dealership.

Give me simple controls with blue and red for climate control, knobs that I can develop muscle memory to operate without having to stare at a screen, and less stuff that will break and have to be updated with software.