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Ian W
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9th Oct 10 at 13:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Gareth F
1661kg for a normal 1.6 golf and mine is 1815kg for a 130 deisel according to autotrader
Then with me in it it goes up to 1910kg


That can't be right, my S3 is 1550kg.
Ben G
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9th Oct 10 at 13:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats probably the fully loaded weight, gareth

theres no way a mk4 golf will weigh over 1800kg's.
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9th Oct 10 at 13:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
landrovers defenders weigh about that much.

[Edited on 09-10-2010 by SportBoy]
djgritt
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben Gtheres no way a mk4 golf will weigh over 1800kg's.


Agreed

But the way their lardy arses perform might suggest those claims to be true...
Ben G
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9th Oct 10 at 13:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Minimum kerb weight 1310 kg

30 seconds on autotrader reveals gareth doyle'd.
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9th Oct 10 at 13:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Parkers say a 1.9 GT TDi 130 3dr is 1226kg, and a 5dr 1261kg

Miles off...

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My mr2 weighed 1030 kg standard and had 138bhp. I got a lightweight exhaust and manifold for weight so now its gotta be < 1 ton and rr said 169bhp if i remember rightly. Be careful what you remove though as just taking out the spare an toolset out of the front of mine can unbalance the car.
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9th Oct 10 at 17:16   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Reecemac
My mr2 weighed 1030 kg standard and had 138bhp. I got a lightweight exhaust and manifold for weight so now its gotta be < 1 ton and rr said 169bhp if i remember rightly. Be careful what you remove though as just taking out the spare an toolset out of the front of mine can unbalance the car.


There's no way your exhaust and manifold saved you 30kg.
Ian
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9th Oct 10 at 17:18   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My Astra is 1770kg, on a weighbridge.

That is of course with loads of folding roof gubbins. But it's damn heavy.
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9th Oct 10 at 17:25   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my exhaust saved me about 14kg
Reecemac
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quote:
Originally posted by Eck
quote:
Originally posted by Reecemac
My mr2 weighed 1030 kg standard and had 138bhp. I got a lightweight exhaust and manifold for weight so now its gotta be < 1 ton and rr said 169bhp if i remember rightly. Be careful what you remove though as just taking out the spare an toolset out of the front of mine can unbalance the car.


There's no way your exhaust and manifold saved you 30kg.

The way I wrote it seems that they saved me 30kg but thats with other bits too, I just couldn't be bothered to type
gez bay
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9th Oct 10 at 17:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
spare wheel and tool set isnt going to unbalance the car either.
Ash_EP3
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9th Oct 10 at 18:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've lost about 10kgs on the civic... carbon bonnet saved 6kgs straight away... exhaust system is a lot lighter than standard as is the gruppe m compared to the big heavy restricted airbox! so thats a whole 2bhp per tonne more?? Mind you I weigh just under 18stone so I don't really help

[Edited on 09-10-2010 by Ash_EP3]
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I hang my head in shame as i was looking at vehicle gross weight. Not curb weight
Noobie mistake from my part!

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