I never understood the whole dinky steering wheel thing.
I can understand air conditioning, and if you had a big honker steering wheel and a big gut, the tilt wheel would make it easier to get in and out if you could tilt it out of the way.
Lowering, specifically 'slamming'.. just looks like a vehicle with busted springs, to me.
To each their own.. I never understood why folks wore their pants backwards, or hanging around their crack, either.