Originally Posted by
DOHCstunr
Its electric.
So you get to take the power steering pump off the rotating assembly. Less belts, less parasitic loss, cleaner engine bay, more room to work, quicker service procedure.
Its basically all the win of having a manual steering rack without having to give a battle cry to parallel park.
Also, I imagine there will be a direct benefit to gas mileage without the engine constantly pumping hydraulic fluid.
also, i would have left the trunk carpet in and the rear bench, but removed the rear folding seat back. The bench weighs all of a 2lbs. but the seat back probably weighs close to 30 with all the steel in it.