[DML] Re: Weight (was Engine Performance)

[Mark Noeltner <mnoeltne@xxxx>]

"gross" weight is the total weight of the vehicle with the maximum load
recommended by the manufacturer. Since this was a 2-seater. the factory
probably figured two 200 lb. people and 68 pounds of luggage or some other
combination adding up to that amount.

Look at the door plate of a pickup truck sometime. A lot of the full size
trucks will have really LARGE gross vehicle weights since they are designed
to haul stuff around.

Mark N
VIN 6820

> If this is the case then why does my door jamb manufacturers plate
tell me that the gross
>weight of the car is 3180 lbs? Is it wrong, or have they just taken a 468
lb driver into
>account?
>
>> The factory specified weight for the DeLorean with a full tank of gas is
>> 2,712 pounds (1232.73 kg).