I had the car weighed today for fun (it was free and the opportunity was there so I jumped on it).
So, with a half tank of gas, 20lb wheels (not sure what stock wheels are), 30lb battery (instead of 60ish), probably 20lbs saved from the BBK, with a full spare and about 20lbs of junk in the car, the total was a whopping:
3940 lbs!
Within reason and expectations I guess.
Also installed Carbotech Bobcats. Will report on those later (in a week or two).
Was your roofbox off?
My car weighed the 3850 or whatever it was supposed to weigh (B7 S4 Sedan) with a full tank of gas.
Your car weighing 3940 lbs with 28 lbs wheel weight saved, 30lbs battery weight, 20 BBK saved, 50 lbs gas saved but with 20lbs of stuff (so 108 lbs weight saved) the car’s ‘normal’ weight without those weight saving items would be 4050 lbs.
Not sure how right that is. I thought the Avant was around 150 lbs heavier than a sedan, which would mean 4000 flat. Not far off though.
p.s. your exhaust is most certainly lighter than stock as well…so your car is even heavier than we thought. Probably saved 35 lbs on the exhaust…so your weight is actually around 4080. If the avant is 200 lbs heavier than sedan, that’s a pretty big difference. Equivalent of a full sized male passenger…which can mean a car length in a pull on the highway or almost 2 car lengths (2 tenths) at the dragstrip.
True. And yeah, forgot about the exhaust (plus it’s completely catless). Although I just remembered I also had 2 sets of brake pads. I think that alone is 20lbs. So maybe I had 40lbs of crap. Still, that’s only an extra 20lbs. Not enough to justify the high weight.
Maybe the sc adds weight lol
yeah, you know what, the blower definitely does add some heft. It’s frigging big too. Probably 20 lbs or so. It removes that auxillary rad but adds an oil cooler…and then the big vortech blower.
Anyway, the scale could be off easily 40 lbs too. Where was the scale? Highway? The highway scales are only accurate to around 10 kg or something.
Big moving company. For 18 wheeler type trucks.
I bet with a 4000lb car, those scales can be off by 100lbs. They’re designed for at least 10 times that weight, and spot on accuracy isn’t a priority. They’re just there to make sure trucks aren’t carrying too much weight on the highway.
I think they’re irrelevant for measuring the weight of a car.
i think those scales are pretty accurate, especially if theyre DOT
Joe is a scale hater…when I was weighing my wheels with my bathroom scale he was all skeptical mouse
X2 the scales at The moving place next to our building is the same model as ours which is used for postal trucks. They are very accurate assuming they were calibrated correctly and maintained properly.
Why do movers need scales?
Typically, shipping companies (be it by land, sea or air) charge by weight and volume.
So in actuality, I should have used the word shipping company, not moving company. My bad.
Movers/shippers have to travel to unknown territory where there may be weight limitations on certain small bridges or roads. Another main reason, those hwy truck weigh stations are a gold mine for hwy/state police. If the trucker’s paperwork doesn’t match the weight on the scale when the LEO is checking them…open the truck and inspect. Lots of reasons.