One thing I appreciate about my old car is the drum brakes in the back. Newer cars have disc brakes on all four wheels, but the weakness with this is that disc brakes are open to the environment, and gather grit and debris much easier. It’s been my experience that they need to be replaced much more often, as a result. But I think disc brakes are easier to control electronically, which makes a difference in ABS systems (which I don’t have; I’ve managed many winters without it).

Plus ca change…

Oh, I love the fact that my PVR automatically skips commercials, no clicks or thinking required. And that most podcasts are commercial free, so I don’t even hear them on the radio. And that I don’t have time for catalogs or magazines. And that I have an adblocker for firefox.

That said, there’s also feature creep, so I know when I do eventually get a newer (car, laptop, tv, bagel) it will have some things ‘standard’ that were options before.
try to find a car without FM Radio. Or remote locks. Sometimes this is just because so many people want them, they have to be included. Sometimes it is product regulation (seat belts, removeable laptop battery). Oddly enough, this gives me less drive to want the new thing. If I can wait longer, not only do I maximize the value of my current thing, but I get more in the new thing for the same price I was going to pay anyhow.