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Back to dipsticks... our prius has one. It told us it was losing oil. Yeah we kept it filled but the motor was leaking either from rings and/or a motor seal. Didn't matter what the cause was, a used engine installed was $2500, the cheapest repair quote we got was $9000.
Not sure why we even care if a car only offers an electric dipstick. Sooo many complex things to go wrong in a modern car that can't be diagnosed or repaired in your driveway.
I don't own a car without a dipstick but I'd trade it for things I dislike more, for example those expensive auto focusing headlights ($2500 to replace a light module?) Pretty much an entire custom mainframe from the 1970s is there to manage my headlights.
911 dipstick is absurd: get engine hot, then open the engine compartment while its running, undo that hot metal cap, finger into the dark hole to grab dipstick ring. Wipe, reinsert dipstick into a nearly invisible sleeve on the side of the fill tube, etc. Its charming when you're used to it but I think I'd prefer a reliable oil level sensor that was visible from the dash (instead of the bouncy thing.)
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