For me, less = more. Less complication=more fun.
I'll take manual steering, manual disc brakes and manual valvebody, over anything else. I will admit, that a/c is starting to become appealing as I get older, but I can live without it.
I tend to get nervous just thinking about taking a long trip in anything with an in tank fuel pump...
I'd go anywhere worry free, with or without a basic tool set, in something from the good old days.
My way is not best for everybody, I know, but is best for me.