[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

What features do you look for on a telescope?

Recently, I nearly become carried away and brought an extremely high quality refractor. However, the more I looked, the more concerned I became that:
1. It did not have an easy adapter to accept different red dot or optical finders.
2. It came with it own tube holder, which though highly regarded, I had no personal knowledge of how easily interchangeable it would be to immediately use on different mounts.
3. It did not have a two speed focuser.

Whilst not totally necessary, I would have also liked:

1. The ability to rotate the focuser so that it is easy to either mount the tube either underneath (as per EQ mounts) or on it side (as per many altz mounts), without have to adjust the tube rings.
2. The focuser to be graduate (to make astrophotography etc easier)
3. An easy to remove lens cap (I do not know if this is an issue with the scope I considered, but I have a fine Orion 80mm triplet with all the above features. However, my enjoyment of that scope is slightly degraded by the screw on/off lens cap which makes the scope a little more of a hassle to set up/put away.)

So what do other people look for. To me, the issue is a bit like buying cars in the old days (early 1970s), when, do U buy the powerful Australian car, or do U buy the Japanese car with the carpets and all the other nice features?

So please, give your opinions on what are desirable features on new telescopes?