Comfort and Convenience
Seating position is personal. Height, leg length and simple habit mean one driver wants to sit low and close to the wheel while another prefers an upright view, so a setting that suits one person rarely suits the next.
Safety and Driver Assistance
A few minutes before departure is enough to locate hazard lights, the demister and the mirror adjustment. Doing this in advance means those controls are already known when traffic or weather leaves no time to go searching.
Multimedia and Connectivity
Phone battery is the usual constraint on a long drive, since navigation runs continuously. If a charging point is available and reachable from the driver's seat, the phone can stay powered without a cable stretched across the cabin.