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View Poll Results: How much do you weigh?
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100-125lbs
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5.17% |
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125-150lbs
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10.34% |
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150-175lbs
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29.31% |
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175-200lbs
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15.52% |
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200-225lbs
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22.41% |
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225-250lbs
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6.90% |
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250-275lbs
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6.90% |
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275lbs+
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3.45% |
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01-10-2008, 02:01 PM
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#11
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,111
Country: United States
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lard4ss hahahaha
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01-10-2008, 09:26 PM
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#12
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 244
Country: United States
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I'm 5'7", weigh in at about 135lbs...which is a 10lb gain from what I weighed when I was 16-20.
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'00 Echo - DD
'11 Kia Rio - Wife's DD
'09 Harley Nightster - 48mpg and 1/4 miles in the 12's 
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01-10-2008, 11:25 PM
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#13
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 467
Country: United States
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I weighed myself on December 27th and I'm (no joke) 117 pounds!
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01-11-2008, 11:11 AM
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#14
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 742
Country: United States
Location: Columbus, IN, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VNelson
Seems to me that most people aren't carrying much payload when they drive. If so, being overweight probably doesn't reach the car's GVWR and present a hazard.
On the other hand, I have seen estimates of the enormous number of gas gallons it costs to haul around overweight Americans. Here's a link:
http://www.news.uiuc.edu/NEWS/06/1024auto.html |
No, but the arguement is that IF someone were to fill each seatbelt, the average weight of the occupants would have to be under 150lbs to meet the govornment calculated/mandated payload capacity. in the caddy XLR, A 400hp 2-seater with stiff sporty suspension, the total payload capacity is ~350 lbs. if I drive, that leaves 175 lbs for a companion AND luggage. Granted that car's a weekend car at most but even a sedan with 800lb capacity and 5 seatbelts can be overfilled in no time flat on the family vacation a couple times a year.
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1991 Toyota Pickup 22R-E 2.4 I4/5 speed
1990 Toyota Cressida 7M-GE 3.0 I6/5-speed manual
mechanic, carpenter, stagehand, rigger, and know-it-all smartass
"You don't get to judge me for how I fix what you break"
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01-11-2008, 12:17 PM
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#15
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 722
Country: United States
Location: Connecticut
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Volvo 240 wagon.
Payload: 1200 lb!
That's GVWR 4300 lb. - curb weight (max version) 3097 lb.
Now if I didn't carry all my tools and a full size spare with me all the time I could reduce the existing load maybe 100 lb! But I like my tools and good spare. Saved my a$$ several times already.
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Currently getting +/- 50 mpg in fall weather. EPA is 31/39 so not too shabby. WAI, fuel cutoff switch, full belly pan, smooth wheel covers.
Now driving '97 Civic HX; tires ~ 50 psi. '89 Volvo 240 = semi-retired.
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01-11-2008, 05:15 PM
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#16
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 933
Country: United States
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I weigh 150-155 depending on how much I eat. People always say how skinny I am.
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2008 EPA adjusted:
Distance traveled by bicycle in 2007= 1,830ish miles
Average commute speed=25mph (yes, that's in a car)
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01-12-2008, 10:25 PM
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#17
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 5
Country: United States
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Too Much. As in, it's hurting my gas mileage.
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(I'm too lazy to keep track of it in one more place.)
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01-13-2008, 11:18 AM
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#18
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Registered Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 321
Country: United States
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I'm about 185 right now,but hope to lose some( mostly so my clothes will fit again).
On the other hand if a few passenger's at 300lbs each can really add up; which I believe added to Firestone's problem a few years ago; as family and other group's crowd into SUV's in search of yet more food.
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01-13-2008, 11:45 AM
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#19
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 2,444
Country: United States
Location: Tiverton, RI
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I am 180 6' up a bit from my usual 165lbs but everyone was saying I was too thin and most of it is muscle. The xB once carried me and 3 other full size adults and a few hundred pounds of sailing gear including three sails for a 42' sailboat. It rode nice even over the railroad tracks but took a lot more engine revs to get going and get up hills. The 10 mile trip still got me over 40mpg. My Geo would usually bottom out the suspension on road bumps with just me in it but near as I can tell the xB has not bottomed out yet.
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01-13-2008, 12:40 PM
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#20
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Registered Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 358
Country: United States
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Lol Jangeo, one time I was working with a couple guys tearing down a barn and we all jammed in my metro to pick up some snacks at a nearby gasstation. I estimated there was about 875lbs of just people in the car. Tops of the tires must have been about 1/4" away from the wheelwells cuz every little bump bottomed it out :P
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