More finely, they do not like that they cannot buy a new car without "technology" they do not want but which they are effectively forced to buy, if they want to buy a new car – because for some very strange reason all of this "technology" few seem to want has become standard equipment in all new cars.

Busybody "technology" – such as "driver assistance technology" that is in fact driver-control technology that irritates people who do not require "assistance." Intrusive "technology" that spies on you and monetizes you. It is very interesting that none of these "technologies" were offered as optional equipment people were free to buy if they thought it was worth buying. It is strongly suggestive of a push to impose this "technology" on people, with the end goal being vehicles that are only superficially under the control of the "driver," who will only be allowed to operate the vehicle within certain parameters, constantly under the real-time supervision of "technology" and the technocrats behind it.

Since you cannot avoid this "technology" in anything new, the only way to opt out – and still be able to drive a car – is to buy an old car. But how old? And what then?

Cars made before there was any "technology" are now almost old enough to collect Social Security. The last new car with a carburetor rather than fuel injection was sold in the early 1990s, more than 30 years ago. The last new car without any computer controls was sold in the very early 1980s, when high school kids were still writing term papers on paper, using a pen or pencil. Or maybe a typewriter – and White Out.

Some will remember.

Old car people tend to be people who know about such things as carburetors and how to adjust them. Modern fuel-injected cars never require such adjustments; they just work and for a long time, usually. Which is great until they stop working. At which point there are no adjustments to be made. You replace whatever electronic part failed.

If you decide to get an old car sans electronic controls, you will need to learn about carburetors – which are mechanical fuel delivery devices that do require periodic adjustments but the great advantage is exactly that. They can be adjusted. And pretty easily, if you're willing to learn how to make the adjustments, which include such things as setting the choke – a mechanical apparatus that fuel-injected modern cars do not have. The choke is just a metal flap on top of the carburetor that partially closes when the engine is cold; this serves to richen the air-fuel mix at first start, helping to start the engine. You will need to learn about how a choke works and other such things in order to keep a pre-electronic "technology" car running – and running smoothly.