Miata Mailing List: October 1999, Message #90
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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.
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Bob Schnider & Tango
90A Red, eh... #1598
MCA, Sea to Sky Chapter
Deja Vu Racing
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