Comfort and Convenience
Cabin temperature divides people more than almost anything else: what one passenger calls pleasantly warm, another finds stuffy. Clothing, the season and where someone sits all shape that judgement on a short trip.
Safety and Driver Assistance
Familiarity is easiest to build in daylight, parked and unhurried: adjusting mirrors, trying the wiper stalk, checking how the parking brake releases. Doing this once means fewer unknowns when weather or darkness arrives.
Multimedia and Connectivity
Hands-free calling matters on errand days because messages arrive while you are driving. If a car supports it, answering without handling the phone keeps a conversation short and separate from whatever audio was playing.