Couple things to defend the Y. You can adjust the volume from the steering wheel, I do that all the time. And when it comes to the glovebox, it has very little storage, most storage is in the center console, so the glovebox is good to use to store important stuff that you rarely need so the extra security to now have an easy entry to it is fine.
And coming from a Toyota Avensis, the suspension in the Y is way way better.
And coming from a Toyota Avensis, the suspension in the Y is way way better.