Your part about the suspension just clicked for me why it was bothering me so much. It was really more bumpy than I thought it would be, compared to what I normally drive. It was more like when I drove a mini cooper, tiny wheel bumpy ride.
But yeah, a slightly used but good car is probably my best bet right now, or just hang on one or two more years to see if there's a breakthrough in batteries or we get Chinese imports, basically.