Since we are talking about curb weights(again), I'm curious, what is the lightest and heaviest car you have owned?
Since we are talking about curb weights(again), I'm curious, what is the lightest and heaviest car you have owned?
@Basmitharts I just had to look it up because it was very close. Which one of my former cars is the lightest.
1. 1986 Mazda RX-7
2. 2002 BoxsterS
3. 1998 VW Jetta
if we are not counting the 12,000 lb motorhome our heaviest car would be the Subaru outback.
@autonerdery @Basmitharts if the random internet source I quickly googled is correct, the Mazda was shockingly heavy for a tiny car with a tiny rotary engine.
The from lightest to heaviest was.
1. Jetta
2. Mazda
3. Porsche
but there is only like 150 lb between them from like 2600 to a little over 2700
Giulia, is 3627 lbs... #weirdcarmastodon@Basmitharts I’ve apparently operated within a fairly narrow band—nothing ultralight or obscenely heavy.
Biggest ground-pounder, at 4,056 lb., was the 2000 BMW 540iAT. Lightest, at 2,564, is the ’65 Corvair Monza Sport Sedan. Also in the sub-3K club are the i3 (a surprising 2,634—thanks, carbon fiber!) and the ’87 Saab 900 SPG, so I currently own all three of the lightest cars I’ve had.
@Basmitharts 93 Miat has to be the lightest and my brother owned an AWD 3.0 Jaguar X-Type which I think I drove myself/him around in more often than he drove it so I think that counts
The Jag was an underrated hoon machine provided the driver is capable of left foot braking, more than enough power for the rear wheels to overcome the tiny rear brakes
@Basmitharts 1979 Austin Mini 1000 weighs 620 Kg / 1367 lbs (and trumps the 2004 Elise for lightness 850 Kg / 1873.93 lbs)
The #Roadtrek runs pretty close to it’s GVWR 4354 kg / 9600 lbs 😬
@Basmitharts Lightest was my ZZW30 MR2, those are something like 2150, and lighter even than the AE86 SR5 coupe I had before it.
Heaviest I owned was my 2nd-gen Bronco, those are just shy of 4700 lbs empty. Heaviest I drove consistently was an F700 dump truck that I want to say was around 12k empty, and twice that loaded.
@Basmitharts my options for lightest are I think :
Austin 1100
Triumph Spitfire 1500
Mazda MX-5 Gen 1
It is pretty close between the 1100 and the Spitfire, but the 1100 took the crown coming in around 1780 lbs about 15 lbs lighter than the Spitfire and 200 or so lighter than the Mazda.
Heaviest one is a easy, a launch edition Volvo XC40 Auto coming in at about 2200 kg so about 4850 lbs.
I have only counted cars I actually owned or driven for a decent while in my comparison.
@Basmitharts Haflinger - 600kg
Amarok - 2091kg
1993 Escort LX 5 door 2300 lbs, 2010 Saturn Outlook 4800 lbs
Surprisingly the Outlook outweighed my 2001 Tundra by a couple of hundred pounds and my 1960 Thunderbird by almost 1000! Also surprised that my Boxster out weighs that Escort by about 500 lbs.