Looks like Deere has a lot to offer on the newer designed machines,albeit a nice price tag im sure...that ramp down idle control could save a lot of fuel over the life of the machine..wonder if you could hack into it after the warrantee is up and increase the HP? there's a lot of talk over in the ag business of deere locking its customers out of the onboard tractor computer ECM,you have to have dealer codes and the like to access onboard service data,make changes,etc....Like Rick,Im old school Cat 977/983 all mechanical machines,my favorite,no computers whatsoever,mines barn kept..the old International 175 crawler loaders and old deere 350/450 machines were good in the day too..hard to find them nowadays that aren't worn out