Why are some things so difficult - to take apart?

[Tony Griffiths]

 it was necessary to remove the entire dashboard and instrument panel assembly A pillar to A pillar- everything you see when you sit in the front seat- (a two man job btw) to remove and replace said control unit... pid='40137' dateline='1579604291']

Nothing new there: I think it was John Ward who regaled us with the tale of a friend who wanted to buy a Sunbeam Alpine back in the 1960s. As it happened, said friend went on a factory tour before ordering his car, and he happened to notice that the heater was the first item to be installed into the bodyshell. So when he came to order his car hid did not tick the box for the (optional) heater; when the car arrived (complete with heater) he refused to take delivery, pointing out that he did not want to pay the extra charge. The car was sent to the workshops to have the heater removed ... only for the workshop foreman to appear, swearing and cursing, saying there was no way he was going to take that bl***y heater out, it would take all day. So the car was duly invoiced out, less heater charge, complete with factory-installed heater!

I can confirm this story - it really did happen. Clever chap!
On a slightly different tack - the price of "options": I recall one of the first BMWs to have an external temperature gauge offered - and this was a long time ago. The price for something now fitted almost as standard to every new car? Just £75. When I bought my last new car there were about six options that I considered. However, each came with one or more compulsory extra options - something along the lines of, 'If you want the larger Satnav screen you'll have to have the electric sunroof'. The result was, that instead of an extra £700, the bill was going to be £2500. Needless to say, I didn't bother with any of them.
What do they call a fully-loaded Skoda?    ...................... An Audi.