I'm glad that you are enjoying the mod, although to give due credit - I am not the original author :) I did pick it up for maintenance since it made cars way more usable in bases for myself as well :)
As for car rotation, I could recommend the following mod - it does require that you place the mouse on top of vehicle, but a benefit of it is that it works for any kind of vehicle - trains included:
Would that mod satisfy your needs?