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My car weighs 3520lbs with me in it. Is that pretty accurate?

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Old May 7, 2001 | 11:22 PM
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Car: 86 Trans Am, 88 Formula
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My car weighs 3520lbs with me in it. Is that pretty accurate?

I had a chance to weigh my car on some truck scales. I had less than a 1/4 tank of gas and myself (140lbs) and the scales read 3520lbs.



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Old May 7, 2001 | 11:56 PM
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Sounds about right.
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Old May 8, 2001 | 12:15 AM
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Gotta love those girls,,,,looking nice.oh the car is nice too.Those old rims on it are freaking ugly though.The car looks dope now.Make sure you get some more girls on that site

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Old May 8, 2001 | 01:23 PM
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Well, with the same driver weight & gas amount you had, My 2.8 V6 Firebird without ground effects put my car at 3370 pounds (Englishtown Raceway Park scale, fall 2000), so I'd say that's right.


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Old May 8, 2001 | 03:05 PM
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My car with me (200 lbs) and quarter tank of gas weighed 3550 lbs. Full stock interior, A/C, and mods below.

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Old May 8, 2001 | 04:50 PM
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3605 with me in it. The t-tops add some weight though.
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Old May 10, 2001 | 02:00 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Stormshadow GTA:
Gotta love those girls,,,,looking nice.oh the car is nice too.Those old rims on it are freaking ugly though.The car looks dope now.Make sure you get some more girls on that site
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Thanks,
I am going to try and get more girls to pose with the bird this summer.
Maybe have a girl of the month section.

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Old May 10, 2001 | 11:24 AM
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Zepher the pimp... :> lol

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