I would not buy a model with loads of tech either, my wife's MK2 Si came with cruise control, but that was not a reason to buy it, she got it because she liked the colour of the seats !! ( woman logic) I had cars with cruise control overseas and never hardly used it even in Australia - i used cruise on her Jazz no more than 5 or 6 times, mainly early on due to the novelty value, she has never used it. More tech = higher price and more to go wrong / annoy you.
I used to like the way on the older cruise controls that you could hit 'resume' button and it would take car back up to set speed, but that don't happen anymore as cruise won't work below about 25mph now.