[Tim Walsh]

Convenient? Yes
More to break? Yes



That being said, it's not any extra weight in a modern car. ALL the electric systems are hooked into each other via CAN these days. The extra software to make that system work after all the power steering wheel/power seats/power pedals is trivial so if you've already got the hardware why not have it?

For the record I drive a '91 crx and it has 2 electric motors. One for Heat/AC and One for the sunroof. Hell it doesn't even have power steering, and the ONLY thing the computer does is run the fuel injection and ignition systems.


Edit: Monkey brings up a good point. A good friend here is 6'3" and his wife.. ~5' even. Before he steps into any car his first move is to lift the slider handle, and shove the seat ALL the way back. For his family the auto settings are almost a necessity.