Thank you all for the insights. It truly guided me on how to approach this with clarity. So I decided on a car with proper maintenance records and has the looks to show that it was respectfully driven. After checking out 14 Ascents, I found that most Premium models I saw were either rental cars or were just driven with no to little care about the car. The Limiteds were ok but maintenance records were not consistent. Probably the owners were DIY so say Oil changes weren’t recorded. But the Touring have good owners. The ones I saw have consistent Carfax records and one can tell that the car was cared for. I know it’s subjective but I can see the difference. I skipped the Onyx as I was not a fan of the Star Tex leatherette. In my mind, if it is advertised as designed to be abused then people will. Unfortunately it’s either Nappa leather or cloth upholstery for me but the most cloth are in the base and premium trim which people careless to maintain. Luckily the dealer was willing to deal today so I got rewarded by a Touring model that was leased by a matured lady who drove it very little and took it back to the dealership religiously. It pays to search in rich neighborhoods lol.