Comfort and Convenience
Preferred cabin temperature is personal: one passenger wants air moving constantly, another finds the same setting too cool. Shared journeys often end in a quiet negotiation over vents long before anyone mentions the route.
Safety and Driver Assistance
Time spent before setting off, checking mirror angles and learning which stalk does what, belongs to preparation rather than the journey. Doing it while stationary leaves fewer decisions competing for attention once traffic moves.
Multimedia and Connectivity
Calls are the awkward part of a short drive, since answering by hand is neither legal nor easy. Where hands-free operation is offered, setting it up once beforehand saves fiddling at the kerb.