1800 lbs is a good weight for a simple car. I had cars close to that during the 80s. These days, I drive a VW Passat wagon. It seems like a small car but the darn thing weighs in at 3800 lbs. It's simply amazing!
Radial Ride Rough on 71 AMC Matador
Dec 31, 2013
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Some of those people in Sweden like to buy big old American cars and fix them up. Fill them up with chicks and drink cheap beer and listen to raeggae music while they are driving around.
Of cars I have had, the MG Midget, VW Rabbit (Golf I), and Renault R5 were all around 1,800 pounds, and the Renault 11 just under 2,000 pounds.
Sad that a car such as the Miata weighs a porky 2,400 pounds.
Some designers got it right:
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Well who the hell doesn't enjoy doing that? :-)
Volkswagen 911?
Not so fun when it is really cold out and you have to find a tree to pee behind.
Well, I suppose the cars are much safer these days. Safety weighs a lot!
The should have had special labeling on the faces so that the lettering matches the orientation. I like the gauge set on my 67 Barracuda. It had an in-dash vacuum gauge and an ampmeter. I don;t recall if it had a tach.
This is a good point. I guess I got the Swedes mixed up with the Jamaicans.
They have. I too remember buying an old car with Hankooks on it circa
1996 and replaced them toot sweet. Today they have several models that are popular for autocross and road racing.nate
*shrug*
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