It’s not the commute that sucks, it’s the lack of sense of agency sitting in a public transport that starts and stops on a whim going to places you don’t care about.
I no longer own a car, but the fact that it was fairly clean was enjoyable.
But driving itself can be very tiring, at least if you are trying to drive safely. That's the main reason I don't ever want a driving commute longer than 30 minutes, but would be okay with a longer transit commute.
...not on the subway
I have fond memories of letting the world go on the Sydney trains on the way to/from uni