All aircraft are a compromise but to say an S10 is a crap tourer because it's got big wings and small baggage load is just picking on two of its aspects.
I own a Grob 109 and I regularly tour in it to the continent. Southern France, over the Pyrenees into Spain, South Germany etc etc. Recently spent 2 weeks in the French Alps. It is heavy and does have limitations getting out of short fields but it makes a fantastic tourer. Less than 15 litres and hour at 85-90 knots, comfortable, fantastic visibility, very stable and very cheap to operate compared to a standard SEP. And I know which I'd rather be in if the engine quit.