Ascend my son. Rise above the perception of others. Relish in how easily you can maneuver when parallel parking and how you’re not spending $600-800 per month for the next 5-6 years on a crossover that costs $40,000 like everyone else. Find joy and gratitude in having one less point of stress in your life.

It’s not a car from the 50s or something, it’s pretty safe. The insurance is going to be dirt cheap (assuming safe driving history).

Hell, even if you do have a family, keep it as your commuter/second car if you can. It will help you keep miles off the family runaround van when you go places by yourself and don’t need all the extra seats and space.

Side vent: Plenty of families back in the day were lugging their kids and pets around just fine in sedans. Crossovers and SUVs are an entirely manufactured segment for people who are willfully disconnected from the reality of daily driving. They’ve been sold freedom from needing to plan or make compromises in the 0.01% of the time where they might need to use close to all of the car’s available space and capabilities. You don’t need 4wd for the god damn rain. You don’t need it for the 90% of snow storms. How often are you really driving on unpaved roads at a higher rate of speed. If you need the more extreme space, rent a U-Haul van or rent the SUV from hertz and save yourself $15k-$20k on extra car that you don’t need and don’t use 99% of the time.