I think I didn't make my point clearly enough.I have all kinds of problems with radar cruise control. I can write a wall of text about it. If anyone actually cares, maybe I will. But since you mentioned the one point, I'll address it. "Let's me not have to worry about the driving on a long trip". And that's the problem, IMO. It discourages active driving.
With radar cruise control, I set the speed and that is the maximum speed the car will go. It will slow down if there is a car in front of me, but it won't exceed that speed. As a result, I can keep my eyes up and outside of the vehicle, instead of looking down at the speedometer continually to check my speed. So this allows me to MORE aware of the traffic, not LESS. And, yes, I do make the decision whether or not to change lanes to get around the slower vehicle.
In the 200, you can switch from radar cruise control back to regular cruise control simply by pressing forward on the cruise control stalk and holding it for a few seconds. So if you don't like radar cruise control, you can go back to regular cruise control. And if you don't like cruise control at all, like my wife, you can simply not turn it on.
As for the lane trace assist, again, you can turn that off. See page 278 of the 2022 Camry manual here: https://www.toyota.com/content/dam/...pt_for_Driving_Support_Systems_D2_ML_0208.pdf
I owned my 2003 4Runner for 13 years and that did not have a backup camera. The 1970 Ford station wagon that I drove also had a tailgate and it was very long, so it also had a significant blindspot, and it had much worse mirrors. So I have done it with and without a backup camera for many years. And you know what? It's easier with a backup camera. There is just no argument to this -- it is easier with a backup camera.Backup cameras are a convenience and thus, have no impact in how a car thinks i should drive. I don't really have a problem with them. But, not being able to see the hood of the car behind you is easily solved without a backup camera. You just become familiar with your vehicle.
More importantly, no matter how familiar you are with your vehicle or how good you are with your mirrors, you can't see a toddler standing at your bumper unless you've got a backup camera. You just can't see them. You've got a major blindspot below the level of your rear window.
As you posted previously, the market for bare bones vehicle is limited. The fullsize pickup truck market is large enough that you can buy worktruck trims, but most people who buy fullsize pickups buy 4-door fancy ones, and not 2-door, long-bed, strippers. It appears that Toyota's view is that there isn't a large enough market for a bare bones, off-road SUV in the US market.
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