Yeah, that one … that one is disappointing in anyone. (Not that I’ll actually judge anyone else’s choices, but there’s always going to be a part of my brain screaming “with so may other good choices why are you going there?!?” Frankly, I blame the parents. I’d be far more impressed if she’d learned how to make it herself at home, but then we wouldn’t be reading an article about it. 
I’ve hated SUVs since the first time I saw one staggering down the road, but when one of my partners and I made our annual week long camping trip this year, we finally made the decision to rent an appropriate sized vehicle instead of abusing my poor little Ford Focus again. We ended up with a Hyundai Tuscon hybrid, 2024, with more bells and whistles than a Spike Jones tribute band.
I’m tall – like around 1.9 meters – and it was interesting to find that I wasn’t hurting nearly as much after 7 hours on the road as I would normally be after 2. I also got really used to those nanny features very quickly. I could really feel the pull of the dark side almost as much as I could feel the pull of the lane correction. (I wasn’t about to let the damn thing drive for me, like I know some people essentially do, but I started loving that assisted mode really quickly.)
I still don’t actually want one, but I’m looking at them with a lot less contempt and more of “well, maybe … what’s the gas mileage like on that hybrid again?”
