S/O Interior Car features

I have a bad back, hips so we chose our car and options with those issues as a priority and it has made all the difference.

MUST HAVE FOR MY BACK
* seat memory button as we switch drivers a lot and sometimes I am too stiff to bend and reach the controls
* heated seats help with the pain and keep my back from getting stiff, especially on long drives
* push button open and close lift gate
* controls on steering wheel mean I don’t have to lean with a tight back to adjust music/ac with my super short arms

LIKE
* backup camera
* Blind spot warning
* Auto brights
* Split ac I like it frozen, separate controls back seat too
* Cargo cover for back of SUV, looks neater hides belongings
* weather radar for driving during bad storms
* fob with easy to remove keys so only leave fob with valet
* basically a shelf along the dash to hold things out of the way but easily accessible, especially during our long trips (phones, wallet, keys, iPad, snacks, sunglasses)

DON’T CARE
* Sunroof/moonroof we never ever use it only got because we had to to get other options we want
* Tons of screens with info I just don’t use
* navigation I prefer google maps
* remote start, I never remember to use it and it turns itself off when the key comes close enough to the vehicle. I live in Texas so I should start remembering to help cool off the vehicle. But when I remember with enough time for it to do any good I can’t figure out how to make it work
* cooled seats. I thought I would love this due to extreme heat, but I almost always need the heat for my back pain so I never get to use it

WISH
* mute button for radio instead of pause
* auto wipers

We had a rental last month (my daughter totaled our truck, so we were car shopping) and it had a built-in wireless charger. Right in front of the cup holder in the center console, where you'd normally set your phone while you drove. It was pretty freaking awesome.

I’m short and drive a big SUV. I don’t think I could go on without remote trunk opener.
Love remote start and heated seats in the winter.
My very favorite-heated steering wheel! I hate wearing gloves.

I don’t ever use the sunroof or navigation systems. I’d be ok without a media system in the car as well-my teens take their own devices and have no desire to watch movies or game on long trips.

My favorite features this time of year are the heated seats and steering wheel.

Wish I had remote start, but it heats up fast, so it’s okay.

I tend to buy base model vehicles. There isn't much I want. The one feature I would have liked on my van was a backup camera. We did an add-on one. It was the last year that Honda made a van without one standard. At the time I would have had to go up two models and pay thousands extra just for a backup camera.

Definitely use cruise control which has been standard on anything I've bought. I use it almost every week.
Like - mpg indicator

Don't have or care - heated seats, sunroof, navigation, bluetooth, seat position memory or whatever it is called. I also don't have a console in my van and I prefer it that way. It's easier to reach around and put things or get things out of the back. I control my temperature with buttons and dials and that is fine. I do wish Honda has configured them consistently for the front and rear systems.

Last year was the first time we spent a lot of money on a car. It has pretty much everything I want accessories wise. What I love, especially living where we have cold winters (and we don’t have a garage we can park in):

Heated steering wheel
Heated seats
Remote start
Welcome lighting
Navigation with HUD
Birds eye view camera
Drives itself in cruise (steering/braking)
Follow mode in traffic (car does all the work gas/brake and follows the car ahead)
Panoramic roof makes car feel bigger inside.

My only must-haves are tinted windows, satellite radio, a key fob to unlock doors, and cloth seats.

I prefer a manual transmission and 4 wheel drive if possible.

I have a backup camera and heated seats. I like those things.

My husband has blind spot monitoring, lane assist, collision avoidance, and cooled seats and of those all I would really want is the cooled seats, they are nice.

We have (and I like) bluetooth for hands free calling, heated seats, climate control, cruise control, backup camera, sync w/ my phone (no built in navigation but the phone navigation comes on the screen), power liftgate (my #1 want but it's not really an interior feature), power driver's seat

don't care about sun/moon roof, built in navigation, built in garage door opener (had that on our old car and it was kind of finicky)

would have liked push button start, power seat memory

When we got our recent car we specifically wanted a certain trim level (to get the power liftgate) and certain color, but the previous year, but still brand new, so we had to choose from a fairly small pool of choices.

I'm really short too (barely 5'), so an electric driver's seat it important. DH & I share a car and he's over 6', so we're always moving the seat (hard to do when we're both disabled). I miss having a car with memory positions! I used to press "1" and the seat & mirrors would go to my setting.

What's REALLY important to me, and they make you pay for an upgraded package to get it now, is good interior lighting. My vision is not great at night so I need better lighting inside the car. Wish I had it.

I wish I had a much bigger screen for audio, etc., and touch screen would be great. I dream about being able to afford Serious radio too. We only get about 20 lame radio stations here so I bring my iPod with me (no music on my old phone).

We test drove a car with tons of cameras and features but ended up getting the basic Nissan Altima with an electric drivers seat & auto-start (important in FL heat!).

We'd love to upgrade to the Rogue but can't afford it. We had 2 cars rolled into one car loan, so we're basically paying for a Mercedes while owning a basic Nissan. We do love it though.

So:
Need/love:
*auto start (use it every time we get in the car--adjusts the temp before you get in so you don't burn yourself in the FL heat)
*tinted windows (pretty standard in FL and they do help cool the car down)
*Bluetooth (I use it all the time)
*electric driver's seat
*cloth seats (only down south, otherwise I prefer leather)
*cup holders in every seat
*auto trunk opener from key fob
*auto wipers & lights

Have but don't use:
*cruise control (scares me)

Would love:
*memory positions for seat & mirrors
*big touch screen with Serious radio
*bright interior lighting
*more organized trunk space
*more cameras & warning controls
*kick open trunk

I don't drive so I don't care about driver options but I LOVE heated/cooled seats!!! LOVE!!!

I also like dual control for the air/heat - DH likes more heat than I do in the winter and more cool than my joints can handle in the summer (too much cold air blasting at them HURTS).

We do a ton of highway driving, and the highway isn't very busy, so cruise control is a great thing here. We have to be on the highway for at least 20 minutes just to get to town.