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Pendles wrote:
The 'supposed' weight of vehicles has to be taken with a pinch of salt, depending on it's source. The factory may have weighed it with no silly weight adding things like liquids, jacks, spare tyres, floor coverings.
Just like the 69 HP (SAE) that the engine supposedly makes.
Bingo. At last, someone with a grip on reality.
If it can be removed, without totally imobilising the car, then it's left out when it comes time to weigh the car.
If you front to the weighbridge with a tank full of fuel, a spare wheel, tools, & in the case of some car types, even a back seat, the you do yourself a disservice.
For registration purposes, leave the whole bloody sound system behind, particularly that humungous bass speaker with the magnet so large it holds the tailgate shut on your ute. [from the cabin] make sure the glove box is empty & if necessary, drain all fuel & push it onto the weighbridge.
Drain the coolant too, you can refill it easy enough once you get that weight ticket & a can of fuel in your mates support car will get you going quick enough.
If you can take it out without making the car illegal or unsafe, then leave it out when it's time to weigh, the factory sure as hell did.
Engine power was often measured by many carmakers on an engine dyno without a fan belt to remove those annoying power losses from the fan, alternator & water pump. It took only a relatively few seconds to do a full power run, so there was no real problem.
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