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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Vtec Abuser on 25 September 2008, 08:55

Title: Had the old girl weighed yesterday..
Post by: Vtec Abuser on 25 September 2008, 08:55
Was at a call with work that had a weighbridge and they let me stick the old girl on to see what she's weighing in at (out of curiosity :wink:)
Anyway, with 20kgs of gear in the boot (weighed) and a full tank of motion lotion in the tank, she tipped the scales at 1410kgs..
So with the fuel weighing in at around 45kgs and my work gear in the boot weighing about 20kgs, probably another 5 kgs of misc crap in the car. I would say she's about 1340kgs roughly..
Anyone else had theirs done?
Title: Re: Had the old girl weighed yesterday..
Post by: luca on 25 September 2008, 09:48
Would love to put mine on the scales. How much does a dsg car weight over a manual?
Title: Re: Had the old girl weighed yesterday..
Post by: Hurdy on 25 September 2008, 11:15
DSG official weight is 1355kg
Manual official weight is 1336kg

Edition 30 is slightly heavier due to a few extra ancilliaries. :nerd:
Title: Re: Had the old girl weighed yesterday..
Post by: E30M3 on 26 September 2008, 14:54
Thats not that heavy for a modern hot hatch of this standard, out of interest how much do the FOcus ST, Audi S3 and Megane R26 weigh ? ?
Title: Re: Had the old girl weighed yesterday..
Post by: Hurdy on 26 September 2008, 15:00
ST weighs over 1400kg and the S3 is over 1450kg. The Megane is under 1300kg.
Title: Re: Had the old girl weighed yesterday..
Post by: Vtec Abuser on 26 September 2008, 17:20
Quote from: Hurdy on 26 September 2008, 15:00
ST weighs over 1400kg and the S3 is over 1450kg. The Megane is under 1300kg.
Meg is 1350kgs Hurdy, The new R26R is going to be around 1230kgs though..  :shocked:
Title: Re: Had the old girl weighed yesterday..
Post by: Hurdy on 26 September 2008, 19:00
Quote from: Vtec Abuser on 26 September 2008, 17:20
Quote from: Hurdy on 26 September 2008, 15:00
ST weighs over 1400kg and the S3 is over 1450kg. The Megane is under 1300kg.
Meg is 1350kgs Hurdy, The new R26R is going to be around 1230kgs though..  :shocked:


Sorry I thought he was talking about the new one :embarassed:
Title: Re: Had the old girl weighed yesterday..
Post by: E30M3 on 27 September 2008, 08:40
I reckon it would be quite exspensive to get our golf down to 1250 kg, also it would make its everyday use a pain.

That Megane has no rear seats ( retarded for a hot hatch) ,no sound deadening. plastic windows, and a titanium exhaust(optional ). I wonder how many hundred miles it will do before bits start popping off/breaking.   
Title: Re: Had the old girl weighed yesterday..
Post by: The Wheel Man on 27 September 2008, 09:14
Quote from: E30M3 on 27 September 2008, 08:40
I reckon it would be quite exspensive to get our golf down to 1250 kg, also it would make its everyday use a pain.

That Megane has no rear seats ( retarded for a hot hatch) ,no sound deadening. plastic windows, and a titanium exhaust(optional ). I wonder how many hundred miles it will do before bits start popping off/breaking.   

 :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: I like it, the idea of a Renault getting over 100 miles without falling appart!!   :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: ahh stop it man, yer killing me  :grin: :grin: :grin: