This was my front-runner for a new vehicle, but after test driving it I sadly had to find another option. For some reason I'm finding it harder and harder to find a vehicle that fits my normal driving posture. When I'm at speed (on a highway or something) I like to keep my left arm/elbow resting on the interior door panel and barely hold on to the wheel with my thumb and index... like a crab person. For some reason, it seems like the Ascent has a smaller steering wheel than most and I couldn't reach the wheel while keeping my arm supported like normal. I also felt like the center console was too low to give my other arm the support I'm used to. So I was basically feeling forced to drive with both hands on the wheel because I couldn't find any way of holding the steering wheel otherwise. I don't think I could get used to that, but that's just my personal way I drive. I liked everything else about it.
I had a similar problem when I test drove the new pilot, except my problem there was the door panel was so thin/sloped I couldn't rest my arm on the panel at all. Plus instead of having a nice big center console to lean on, they made the center console low and used arm rests instead. The arm rests were tiny though, and not in a spot where I naturally wanted to rest my arm.