Trying for a father's day upgrade...

I had a 370Z Roadster (aka convertible) = no back seat at all. That was kinda the point as it was the car for doing things kid free
I've always been cautious about pedestrians and cyclists (being one helps), but I'm all the more paranoid after my injury and then a couple other cyclists killed around Cincinnati by stupid drivers since my injury. In those cases they were rear-ended at 60+ mph when opioid-high drivers wandered onto the shoulder.

 

I am glad to hear it wasn't the jeep digi. I still have an old wrx, but the rust is slowly killing it. Makes me sad. I personally only want hatches/wagons because they are more rational IMO than sedans. CUVs make me happy since they are just "manly" station wagons and wagons are awesome.

Mize are hand controls hooked to steering column so they rotate with the wheel or are they fixed?

 

Subaru broke my heart when they killed the hatch version.

My hand controls are basically a system of rods and unions that are attached to the steering column and pedals to provide a handle to the left of the steering wheel for gas (pull back) or brake (push). That handle does not rotate with the wheel and this design couldn't since pedals, etc.

I.e. no "hands at 10 & 2" since it's single handed steering now with a spinner knob.

It should be possible to tap into any car with fly-by-wire steering and throttle and make accessible car controllers, but I seriously doubt the auto manufacturers would ever take that risk for such a small demographic.

 

It will probably come along with autonomous driving. Too bad paddle shifters can't just be remapped to accelerate and brake. Comma.ai maybe would allow that though.

 

Paddles might not be great for acceleration modulation. I was thinking some sort of thumb control for accel and something more like a bike brake on the left. Trouble is the unpredictable hand placement during evasive or parking style maneuvers.