“I don’t want any of that,” said the computer scientist living in St. Louis, who sees the technology as a pile of problems waiting to happen.
Doyle is part of a vocal minority fighting the auto industry’s obsession with packing new technology into cars. Call them curmudgeonly roadblocks to progress, or the last beacons of sanity on the road. Either way, they’re pushing back.
Some, like Doyle, are rejecting new cars altogether, opting to stick with used models or keeping their older cars running longer than ever. The lifelong gearhead and his teenage sons maintain the family’s four cars—all bought in the 2010s—so they can stay analog as long as possible.
