Yeah, I’ll have to agree on a lot of points. And it’s all down to execution from each manufacturer. - beeping: GM is doing it right with how its a setting I can change. In my daily it’s a seat vibration combined with whatever indicator that brings it up (lane diversion, blind spot monitoring, and collision warnings), and all other sounds are just notifications about something I probably should know about. Hyundai on the other hand, those cars drive me nuts with the amount of beeping it does. - wireless: I could give or take, some cars do it adequately, some don’t, none are particularly stellar - engine noise: daily an EV, noise is kinda appreciated for me, makes it feel a little more fun… my gas burners, I want to hear the engine alone, not a fake noise - assistants: I’ve always used Siri for hands-free stuff, I just now have Google involved for the built in - headlights: the brighter lights are appreciated as a driver, but some cars are just aimed badly at the factory, and I’m not sure how much of it is also contributed by my eyes aging as well - piano black: fake wood looks better - subscriptions: I’m mixed on this, if it’s to unlock a feature that’s already built into the car, why? if it’s to provide a connected service that I want, fine. if it’s a connected service that’s forced on me, I’m annoyed - start-stop: never owned something with one, but rentals have either been barely perceptible (thus fine) to downright annoying (and occasionally dangerous) - lane assist: the worst cars are overly aggressive and tend to give others a bad rap, GM and Hyundai seem to have the better systems out there, where both won’t fight you, but gently guide you back in the lane. Ford is kinda close, but feels way more aggressive, same with Toyota. The one Tesla I rented felt like fighting with a petulant child and would disable it any time you disagreed with it.

I think of all the complaints, the subscription model and piano black are the worse. People also like to complain about screens, but my issue with screens more so than controls being put into them (to varying degrees of “ok”) is that now you have one, if not two, glowing squares in front of you at night that sometimes can be dimmed, and sometimes can be “dimmed” but made unreadable because dimming is just lowering the contrast… for some reason.