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From: "Bob Schnider" <bob@pop.schdist42.bc.ca>
Subject:Re: weights & s2000 (nmc)
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 13:04:33 -0400


>There's probably a sticker on the door that says "Gross Vehicle Weight -
>1500kg."  That means that the car is rated to be no heavier than that when
>it's carrying the maximum amount of weight (passengers, luggage, etc.) it's
>designed to carry.  In other words, that's what the car weighs when it's
>chock-full of you and another person and all the stuff Honda will allow you
>to carry in it.
>
>This is often confused with "curb weight," which is what the car weighs
>sitting at the curb waiting for you to get in.
>
>- Bill


that's what i thought.  salesman said no.  looked in all specs that he could
find and that was the only weight listed.  he can't be right.  even that pig
can't be that heavy.

--
Bob Schnider & Tango
90A Red, eh... #1598
MCA, Sea to Sky Chapter
Deja Vu Racing
http://doc.schdist42.bc.ca/bob/





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