It seems like everyone had brought up some good points about how much a car weighs. vristang had mentioned trying new materials to build these cars with. It just seems to me like we are all beating out heads agains the wall. How can we not come up with a better more efficient way to power are transportation than an internal combustion engine? Isn't that 1900's technology? Stop and think about when it was invented and how much it has changed. IMO you are stuck on a topic of weight and how it makes a car better or worse, but in reality cars are so far behind what are current tech is we should be ashamed. Shouldn't we stop and think about the idea that no matter how much a car weights it's still the same basic platform that we used in the 1950's. We have just patched together fixes for things like saftey and handling when what they really need to do is use some imagination, think ouside the box and comepletely redesign the automobile. George Jetson here we come!!
I am with everyone on the idea that I would LOVE to have my car lighter. My car weights 3450 with the rear seat out, 1/4 thank of fuel, and me in it (150lbs). That is with light wheels and tires, Tubular k-member and 6 point bar and it's still 3450!! I know I would sure like to find a way to make it lighter. I know the faster it goes the happier I am
I am with everyone on the idea that I would LOVE to have my car lighter. My car weights 3450 with the rear seat out, 1/4 thank of fuel, and me in it (150lbs). That is with light wheels and tires, Tubular k-member and 6 point bar and it's still 3450!! I know I would sure like to find a way to make it lighter. I know the faster it goes the happier I am