Toyota is toying with an EV prototype that mimics driving a manual transmission, complete with a stick shift that doesn’t do anything and fake engine noises. Other technological holdovers we should preserve:

— Laptops have fake external dial-up modems that make loud squawking noises whenever you are online.

— Cellphones have large rotary dials mounted on top of the screen.

— Pressing a car accelerator plays a recording of a galloping horse and a person shouting “heeyaw!”