The Rental Car Issue

This has been the summer of rental cars, which we experienced thus:

1. Chevy Spark. It is sort of unfair to give this car-like vehicle a negative review because you get what you pay for and I was trying to be frugal. So I will focus on the positive: It was the best golf cart I've ever driven.
2. Chrysler 300. In this case I was not being frugal, so the car deserves all the negative sentiment that can possibly be ascribed to a car. This was the upgrade that wasn't, so I "downgraded" to the far superior Kia Soul. If you're going to create a media console user interface requiring Hammurabi's Code, the least you could do is give me an armrest for my elbow while I fiddle with the non-responsive touch screen. Alas, no armrest, on either side. What am I supposed to do, drive with my hands on the wheel?
3. Kia Soul. The highlight of the summer. I want to buy one. I called it the Harry Potter car because it is small on the outside and big on the inside. Loved it. And I didn't have to get a degree in deciphering craptastically designed media console user interfaces. It was just a radio and a reverse camera. Perfect.
4. Buick Enclave. Fine, I guess. But again, if I have to read the instructions to figure out a tech gadget, then that is a poorly designed tech gadget. Another super terrible user interface. Also ugly.
5. Toyota Rav4. Excites no passion but, man, super practical. Reverse cam yes! Traditional radio yes! Win, win.
6. GMC Acadia. See Buick Enclave. Luxurious in all the wrong places.

The take away: when I go shopping for a new car in a few weeks, my top priority will be to find one without a touch screen media console. Hate those. Seriously, what is the point? If I want that, I will just plug in my iPhone. I want a straight forward radio and a USB jack. The reverse cam is cool too. All the other junk is over-engineered junk. Did I say junk twice? Let me say it a third time: junk.