Have you weighed your car?

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Author Message Dave (Maranelloman) Member Username: Maranelloman Post Number: 543 Registered: 1-2002 Posted on Thursday, November 07, 2002 - 7:58 am:    Gee, thanks, Hans! Hans E. Hansen (4re_gt4) Member Username: 4re_gt4 Post Number: 417 Registered: 4-2002 Posted on Wednesday, November 06, 2002 - 10:55 pm:    You're one twisted pup, Dave. Dave (Maranelloman) Member Username: Maranelloman Post Number: 542 Registered: 1-2002 Posted on Wednesday, November 06, 2002 - 8:54 pm:    Or maybe that was with the sedentary automotive journalist with the size XXXL arse in the driver's seat... Mike Dawson (Miked) Junior Member Username: Miked Post Number: 59 Registered: 2-2001 Posted on Wednesday, November 06, 2002 - 7:48 pm:    My '77 308 GT4 weighed 3105 with 1/3 tank of gas. Like other owners GT4 I also thought that it would be 250 lbs. heavier. Every road test that I have seen has listed weights in the 3300-3400 lb. range. Maybe it was all that heavy R-12 that has leaked out of the AC system! Matt Lemus (Mlemus) Member Username: Mlemus Post Number: 361 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 10:16 am:    Mine was weighed for the smog test and it came to 3178 with 1/2 of fuel and no driver. David Jones (Dave) Member Username: Dave Post Number: 412 Registered: 4-2001 Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 10:13 am:    My 1977 308GTB steel body U.S. model... with a full tank of gas, loaded with extra oil, coolant and tools for a trip, and me inside, is 3275 lbs... So that puts my car at around 3000 lbs magoo (Magoo) Advanced Member Username: Magoo Post Number: 3403 Registered: 2-2001 Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 12:41 am:    Oh my God! This is a thread we had years ago and we never did solve it. I am out of here! Good Luck...... Hans E. Hansen (4re_gt4) Member Username: 4re_gt4 Post Number: 382 Registered: 4-2002 Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 12:25 am:    This definitely fall in the 'who gives a rats a$$' catagory, but have you weighed your car? I suspect that newer cars are right on factory spec, but in older cars I think the factory figures are highly suspect, and they seem to vary widely from source to source. To add to this is differences in Euro .vs. US bumpers, etc. So..... My '75 308GT4, US spec, w/the heavy 'thermal reactor' replaced is 3090-3100 lbs with full gas tank, and Ferrari bear in back seat. Light weight K&N air filter helps keep it trim. I used 3 different scales, and all gave consistent results, adjusting for estimated fuel usage getting from one to the next. I was rather surprised, as I thought it would be heavier.