MY CAR WEIGHS 4600 LBS???? - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

purplhaizcraz3 · 06-24-2010, 04:33 PM

Ok, I'm hoping someone can help me out because I'm in a very heated debate with my buddy about the weight of our two cars. I have a 2LT and he has an 06 Magnum R/T. He's trying to tell me that his car weighs 5500 lbs and thats why I was able to stay so close to him at the strip. I tell him 5500 lbs is horseshit, all of my personal research shows the Magnums to be around 4500ish. He then asks me what my car weighs and I confidently tell him "3700 lbs good sir" and he opens up my driver door and points at a sticker that has my weigh marked at 4606 lbs. WTF CHEESE SAUCE IS THIS?!?! Everything, every single thing, I have ever read related to the Camaros weigh puts it between 37-3900 lbs. Is my personal information this skewed? Its even marked as such on Chevrolets website. I'm so confused. I think I need to lie down.....

guiLT · 06-24-2010, 04:38 PM

When I first read your title and it said " My car weighs 400lbs???????" I was like " WHAT?

"

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Gigachip · 06-24-2010, 04:40 PM

I was hoping for a camaro bed frame

jagan323 · 06-24-2010, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guiLT

When I first read your title and it said " My car weighs 400lbs???????" I was like " WHAT?

"

.

lol same lol...

V6 is like 3700lbs, V8 are about 3900lbs. give or take =p

purplhaizcraz3 · 06-24-2010, 04:41 PM

Oh jeeze

Sorry about my goof up. I was just in total shock, still kinda am, about my car saying it weighs 4600 lbs. Is there a way to change the thread title?

PAUL SS · 06-24-2010, 04:43 PM

The weight listed inside the door is for a fully loaded car, fuel passengers and cargo or luggage. What is the weight of your car on your registration paper?

2010 2-Tone · 06-24-2010, 04:43 PM

What is on the inside of the door is not the correct curb weight. It is always different. Like someone else said 3700 V6, 3900 V8.

Archangel · 06-24-2010, 04:45 PM

i thought the weight number in the door is maximum weight when loaded with cargo

Archangel · 06-24-2010, 04:46 PM

i like how three of us posted the same comment ab the sametime

Number 3 · 06-24-2010, 04:49 PM

The number you are pulling from the sticker inside your door is what is called GVWR or Gross Vehicle Weight Rating. It is siimply the maximum weight your vehicle is rated to carry. The sticker should include a front and rear axle number also.

What this means is that your Camaro, whatever it weighs depending on options, etc., is capapble of that GVWR number minus your cars weight.

So for example if your GVWR is 4,600 pounds and your Camaro weighs 3,800 pounds, then your car has a rated capacity for an additional 800 pounds.

You can divide the 800 pounds in any way you see fit...............passengers, cargo in the trunk. But no more than 800 pounds.

Hope that makes sense.

SSinatra Andretti · 06-24-2010, 04:51 PM

i think u can edit the thread by pressing the edit button and change the title

VTXrider · 06-24-2010, 04:52 PM

What is that weight labeled? Is it GVWR? If so GVWR is the maximum allowable total mass of a road vehicle - i.e including the weight of the vehicle itself plus fuel, passengers, cargo, and trailer tongue weight.

Basically it is saying if your car weighs 3700 you can put 900 lbs of stuff in it.

wylde1 · 06-24-2010, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archangel

i thought the weight number in the door is maximum weight when loaded with cargo

^^^This

that's the maximum load your car can safely handle. If your buddy is using that sticker that'd be why his guess for his car is 1000lbs high as well.

you got a truck weigh station or city dump near you? that's how I always weighed my vehicles before going to the track haha my s10 was about 1400kg with me in it. Havn't been to the scales with the camaro yet.

FenwickHockey65 · 06-24-2010, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by purplhaizcraz3

Ok, I'm hoping someone can help me out because I'm in a very heated debate with my buddy about the weight of our two cars. I have a 2LT and he has an 06 Magnum R/T. He's trying to tell me that his car weighs 5500 lbs and thats why I was able to stay so close to him at the strip. I tell him 5500 lbs is horseshit, all of my personal research shows the Magnums to be around 4500ish. He then asks me what my car weighs and I confidently tell him "3700 lbs good sir" and he opens up my driver door and points at a sticker that has my weigh marked at 4606 lbs. WTF CHEESE SAUCE IS THIS?!?! Everything, every single thing, I have ever read related to the Camaros weigh puts it between 37-3900 lbs. Is my personal information this skewed? Its even marked as such on Chevrolets website. I'm so confused. I think I need to lie down.....

Your friend pretty much has no idea what he's talking about.

06-24-2010, 04:33 PM	#1
purplhaizcraz3 Drives: 2010 2LT CHEVY CAMARO BABY!!!! Join Date: May 2009 Location: Glencoe Posts: 394	MY CAR WEIGHS 4600 LBS???? Ok, I'm hoping someone can help me out because I'm in a very heated debate with my buddy about the weight of our two cars. I have a 2LT and he has an 06 Magnum R/T. He's trying to tell me that his car weighs 5500 lbs and thats why I was able to stay so close to him at the strip. I tell him 5500 lbs is horseshit, all of my personal research shows the Magnums to be around 4500ish. He then asks me what my car weighs and I confidently tell him "3700 lbs good sir" and he opens up my driver door and points at a sticker that has my weigh marked at 4606 lbs. WTF CHEESE SAUCE IS THIS?!?! Everything, every single thing, I have ever read related to the Camaros weigh puts it between 37-3900 lbs. Is my personal information this skewed? Its even marked as such on Chevrolets website. I'm so confused. I think I need to lie down..... Last edited by purplhaizcraz3; 06-24-2010 at 04:58 PM.

06-24-2010, 04:38 PM	#2
guiLT Tampa Gulf Coast Family Drives: 2001 Maxima Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 6,585 View My Garage	When I first read your title and it said " My car weighs 400lbs???????" I was like " WHAT? " . __________________

06-24-2010, 04:43 PM	#6
PAUL SS The Mark of Excellence Drives: 2010 ABM 1SS RS LS3 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Smallest State in the Union Posts: 8,688 View My Garage	The weight listed inside the door is for a fully loaded car, fuel passengers and cargo or luggage. What is the weight of your car on your registration paper? __________________ BMR, CAI, DynoMax, Elite Eng., Hurst, Jannetty, Clear Image Headers & Hi Flow cats, Jet Hot, LSR, TSW, VMax, Vredestein

06-24-2010, 04:45 PM	#8
Archangel Drives: 1999 GMC Sierra Z71 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 102	i thought the weight number in the door is maximum weight when loaded with cargo __________________ Everyone is entitled to their own opinion no matter how wrong they are If I agreed with you then we would both be wrong

06-24-2010, 04:46 PM	#9
Archangel Drives: 1999 GMC Sierra Z71 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 102	i like how three of us posted the same comment ab the sametime __________________ Everyone is entitled to their own opinion no matter how wrong they are If I agreed with you then we would both be wrong

06-24-2010, 04:40 PM	#3
Gigachip Runs on Starbucks Drives: 2012 SVT Raptor Join Date: May 2010 Location: New Mexico Posts: 10,343 View My Garage	I was hoping for a camaro bed frame

06-24-2010, 04:41 PM	#5
purplhaizcraz3 Drives: 2010 2LT CHEVY CAMARO BABY!!!! Join Date: May 2009 Location: Glencoe Posts: 394	Oh jeeze Sorry about my goof up. I was just in total shock, still kinda am, about my car saying it weighs 4600 lbs. Is there a way to change the thread title?

06-24-2010, 04:43 PM	#7
2010 2-Tone Drives: 2010 RY 2SS with Custom Stripes Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Jennings, La. Posts: 2,220 View My Garage	What is on the inside of the door is not the correct curb weight. It is always different. Like someone else said 3700 V6, 3900 V8.

06-24-2010, 04:49 PM	#10
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,301 View My Garage	The number you are pulling from the sticker inside your door is what is called GVWR or Gross Vehicle Weight Rating. It is siimply the maximum weight your vehicle is rated to carry. The sticker should include a front and rear axle number also. What this means is that your Camaro, whatever it weighs depending on options, etc., is capapble of that GVWR number minus your cars weight. So for example if your GVWR is 4,600 pounds and your Camaro weighs 3,800 pounds, then your car has a rated capacity for an additional 800 pounds. You can divide the 800 pounds in any way you see fit...............passengers, cargo in the trunk. But no more than 800 pounds. Hope that makes sense. __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

06-24-2010, 04:51 PM	#11
SSinatra Andretti 2$$ Drives: 94 ss, 2008 gxp, soon to be2011 2ss Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: OAKLAND, CA Posts: 266	i think u can edit the thread by pressing the edit button and change the title __________________ burn rubber & write your name in the street

06-24-2010, 04:52 PM	#12
VTXrider Drives: 2010 RY 2SS/RS Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Miami Posts: 828	What is that weight labeled? Is it GVWR? If so GVWR is the maximum allowable total mass of a road vehicle - i.e including the weight of the vehicle itself plus fuel, passengers, cargo, and trailer tongue weight. Basically it is saying if your car weighs 3700 you can put 900 lbs of stuff in it. __________________

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