‘I don’t know about the placement’: Woman sits in driver’s seat of new Lexus TX. Then she realizes it has an unprecedented new feature

Car technology is improving at a rapid pace. The improvements in car technology are so fast, in fact, that auto mechanics are having difficulty keeping up—resulting in higher prices in auto repairs than most drivers have seen in their lifetimes.

Sometimes, car owners appreciate these new features. For example, one Hyundai Santa Fe owner noted that the car not only had a wireless charging pad, but an area where items could be placed to be disinfected.

However, other times, features...