Well they can do some of the special things, but just not at the cost of laying a good foundation. I feel like they never think ahead enough to lay that proper foundation to build on.
Cars and education are such a big part of life that I feel it should be there from the start so they can work it into all expansions.
To compensate for the normality however, they could go full into the supernatural stuff with the first expansion, stuff pack and game pack.
Like combining vacation with tomb exploring, have three destinations there: Egypt which adds middle eastern style and where you can become a mummy when not careful in exploring the pyramids.
India with indian clothes and where you might find a magic lamp with a genie.
And a transylvanian mountain village with a Vampire couple in a castle you are told to stay clear of. Have a bit of a horror experience there.
And the gamepack could add a fourth vacation destination on a camping at a beach, with swimming and surfing to appease a more regular vacation, but could also include a sea monster supernatural state.
And the stuff pack could add some more old fashioned clothes that could be fitting for a vampire or genie to wear, but could still work for other sims.
