An interesting view, which begs the question: how much? With the inevitable supplemental of why? Are you running special kit/packages or is this just a retro-whim?
Having lost 4 such vehicles to theft in the early 90s, it came as quite a shock to discover keys were not required for entry. You’d pull hard on the door handle to remove it, then flip the little plastic paddle that moved the lock. Bingo. Thanks Wolfsburg…
Re: Was there ever a time when it did make sense ?
It would have if there had been a clear split between a system registry (hardware configuration, Windows status etc.) and one or more user registries (all the usual shite). Mixing the lot was idiotic from the get-go.