RIYL Constant Surveillance
I got a new car because if I'm going to invest in a car, I want it to be new! I like having an electric vehicle because I hate the fossil fuel industry - but the car I had before this one was a 2007 Toyota subcompact and I miss it all the time. It was so well designed! I'll never get over it.
I like that I can use cruise control, I like that the seals don't leak yet, I like that I don't have to care what the price of gasoline is. Owning an EV has truly shown how little our society has invested in EV charging infrastructure and it's infuriating. I'm fortunate to be a homeowner with enough money to afford a level 2 charger for my garage, but before I did that I was always stressed out about when and where I was going to plan to charge, and often public chargers are busy or broken.
I like that I can quickly accelerate when I have to get on our terrible freeway onramp, I like regenerative braking, and that I can't lock my own keys in the car.
I really dislike how "smart" the car is - but I gather that all cars made in this decade are like this. The user interface of the media console is distracting and kind of clumsy, it honestly makes me feel like I'm less safe of a driver because using it takes so much of my attention away from the road. I really really dislike that the car is collecting data on me and I assume selling it to horrible companies. You have to consent to this to use the Hyundai app, and I'm like "Well... I do want to see the current charge level of the battery... so I guess you can keep track of everything I text and play and say and do and sell it to Palantir or whatever" Please note: I have no idea where the data goes, but isn't the point?
You will probably write this off as some screed by a crazy old weirdo but: you asked!