My car needs a diet
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My car needs a diet
Ugh..moving woes again. I'm trying to tow my car on a flatbed car carrier to move, but I am getting static from the truck rental people saying my car is too fat. I tried to tell them it's just big boned, but they won't believe me.
In all seriousness, does anyone know the exact weight (give or take 50 lbs.) of a
2002 S8 with a 1/4 tank of fuel and no one in it?
The max on the carrier is 4080 lbs. I can't believe the car is heavier than that, but their computers say it is. I was just going to lie about the type of car, but I don't want it to be so heavy as I snap off the trailer hitch and cause a 20 car pileup on the highway. Disconnecting the rear wheels is not an option as I have no idea how to do that, or have any tools to do it.
In all seriousness, does anyone know the exact weight (give or take 50 lbs.) of a
2002 S8 with a 1/4 tank of fuel and no one in it?
The max on the carrier is 4080 lbs. I can't believe the car is heavier than that, but their computers say it is. I was just going to lie about the type of car, but I don't want it to be so heavy as I snap off the trailer hitch and cause a 20 car pileup on the highway. Disconnecting the rear wheels is not an option as I have no idea how to do that, or have any tools to do it.
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Well, according to my calculations
you are 27lbs. too heavy. I took the //S8's <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/96681.phtml">curb weight (actual weight w/o passengers)</a> plus the <a href="https://www.audiworld.com/model/">23.8 gallon fuel tank capacity</a>, divided by 4, and multiplied by <a href="http://www.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/g-l/gasoline.shtml">6.5lbs. (weight of gallon of gas</a> = 4107 lbs.
Conclusion: empty the tank and you're good to go!
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Conclusion: empty the tank and you're good to go!
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Scales in Holland are subjected to a different G :)
At least this is what my mother in law is saying when we tell her that European women are not as "heavy" as American women
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Many truckstops have scales that can weigh it and they will give you a weight slip
You could take the spare tire and tools out and make sure the gas tank is near E, should get you under 4080 I would think. You could even drain all 2 gallons out of the washer fluid if it is really close.
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Re: Well, according to my calculations
Awesome. I thank all of you so much. I'm going to take out the spare, tools and empty the glovebox out and get the tank as empty as is reasonably possible. If I cause 20 deaths on the interstate, I'll blame no one here.
This economy is so cruddy, I had to accept a job out of state for the 6 months before law school starts. It was that or sell my car, and of course I'm not doing that. =D
This economy is so cruddy, I had to accept a job out of state for the 6 months before law school starts. It was that or sell my car, and of course I'm not doing that. =D
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Car and Driver reported 3840 lb
IIRC from their original review of the '01 S8, which is what I used in this 2003 <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/36145.phtml">Weight Distribution Revisited</a> post.