New cars, at least the models here in Oz, have moved from annoying little bells and whistles warning you of your faults (you've opened the door with the motor running, you've got the headlights on without the motor running, you haven't done up your seatbelt,etc.) to physically thwarting you. You can't turn the headlights on with the car sitting there (to align them, or check current draw or some such), you can't get the key out until you've put the shift selector into park, you can't turn the steering wheel unless the ignition key is on. For goodness sake, I hate these "Nanny"cars looking after us, not to mention all the electronic stability controls, traction controls, ABS braking, etc. The cars we love do have soul and talk to us, they don't nanny us. Of course, it's nice to also have the Prius in the garage for the handbrake to drive, or when you have a bad hangover or flu but need to get somewhere without too much driver input.