Comfort and Convenience
Seating position is a personal preference. Height, arm length and driving habits vary, so the distance from the wheel that suits one person can feel wrong to another who shares the same car.
Safety and Driver Assistance
Learning where the basics sit, among them lights, wipers, demist and the hazard switch, is best done while parked rather than mid-journey. Preparation of this kind means fewer things to work out once the route is underway.
Multimedia and Connectivity
Keeping a phone charged is its own concern, separate from calls or music: navigation apps drain a battery over a long errand loop, and where charging is available it mainly matters that the phone sits somewhere reachable.