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LOL. My E24 weighs 1460 kg, and that was supposed to be very heavy for a
BMW.
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- 08-26 02:02 AM #1fbloogyudsrGuest
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"DRP535" <softhome.net> wrote
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If I've done the conversion correctly, that's about 3520lbs. About what
my 330xi weights. Is the diesel engine iron block? Would make sense.
I don't have all that stuff, but a heavily-optioned (loaded in US parlance)
330 weights a couple of hundred pounds (100kg) more than a bare-
bones 325. I bet the 330d has the bigger brakes, too...
Floyd
- 08-26 02:12 AM #2BarryGuest
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- 08-26 03:56 AM #3VetluverGuest
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"DRP535" <softhome.net> wrote in message
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I was surprised to find out that my wife's M3 convertible weighs 3700+
pounds. That's the same thing the my 4 door E500 MB. Sounds like BMW needs
to put their cars on an aluminum/ composite diet!
Rob
- 08-26 07:59 AM #4mcGuest
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You might not mind the weight and the 27 airbags when a 4000+lb suv whose
driver is pre-occupied by her kids/starbucks/cell phone slams into you and
you walk away with only bruises.
-Adam
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- 08-26 08:46 AM #5JohnGuest
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> petrol engine but nevertheless, they reported its weight as a staggering
They will prise my 1120kg E30 318iS from my cold dead hands with a
crowbar ;-) Even my 635CSi was only 1450kg.
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- 08-26 11:28 PM #6dizzyGuest
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:51:02 +0800, DRP535
<softhome.net> wrote:
My 323i is only about 1460kg...
- 08-27 07:51 PM #7JovaGuest
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I agree.
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- 08-27 11:47 PM #8MikeGuest
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On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 19:51:06 GMT, "Jova" <com> wrote:
Should we all be driving Hummers then (and not the wimpy Hummer II, but
a real, manly H I)? If not, then what is the minimal sufficient mass
that makes a car safe?
- 08-28 12:17 AM #9JREGuest
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7,206 metric tons ought to be "enough." Maybe.
There are many aspects to safety. I drove small, light cars for
a long time. The ability to stop and turn is worth a lot if you
are paying attention. I drove around a lot of potential
accidents that I'd have been *in* if the car didn't stop and turn
as well. (If the 330i were smaller and lighter, I wouldn't
particularly mind, but decent RWD cars are few and far between
these days, so I'll take what I can get. ;-)
When all else fails and an accident is certain, nothing beats
lots of mass, but I prefer to stay out of the accident first and
survive it second...since the chances or survival are in no way
assured by additional mass that might get you into the accident
in the first place.
Just my opinion. I don't expect everyone to agree.
JRE
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- 08-28 01:24 AM #10DRP535Guest
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:59:01 GMT, "mc" <com> wrote:
I just don't understand this logic. To justify the existence of 27 airbags
and all the other largly useless safety gear that is shoehorned into modern
cars these days you must accept that you are going to be involved in a
crash - and a serious one at that which will most likely result in an
unrepairable car.
If you accept that is going to happen, then why are you buying a BMW in the
first place? Surely you'd be much better off with some crappy Ford or
something which still contains the obligatory 27 airbags but which you'll
be much less upset about when you do eventually have your monumental crash?
I prefer to believe that I won't have a crash - oh, and BTW, the odds are
with me - and instead enjoy cars that aren't overweight, fat, bloated
computers on wheels.
In 15 years of driving I've only been involved in one crash. It was a hit
from behind exactly as you described above. I was in a 1987 Ford Fairlane
with the grand total of 0 airbags, no seat belt pre-tensioners, no crumple
zones, no ABS brakes, not even a collapsible steering column. The car was
turned into a hatchback by the impact - there was absolutely no remnants of
a boot left afterwards. The roof had started to fold up in the middle as
well which meant the car was a write-off. Three occupants in the car at the
time and the only injury was a cut to the rear seat passenger's ankle as a
result of her leg flying forward and hitting some of the metal front seat
bracketing.
This is the reality of a real world situation. Not only will all the safety
junk in modern cars more than likely never be used during the life of the
car, but it's not even required when the worst does happen. In the
meantime, imagine how much extra fuel is being used and performance lost
due to hauling around all this extra weight in the shape of a 1600kg
3-series.
DRP
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