Eh, most of the time people drive their car right up to buildings and leave them in really unnatural positions anyway.

I’m pretty sure you do have to flip cables, unless you’re playing without a microphone. If the base is plugged into your PC via USB, your microphone won’t function on PS4, as far as I can tell.

I think you’re wrong about the charging. I’ve been using a xim4 for about three months and haven’t charged my DS4 since.