whats your weight/value?

[jamie gsi16v]

decided too call in at the local aluminium scrapyard today and weigh my car, thinking with all the fibreglass and filler id be well over a ton! turned out it was 950 kilos just under a ton and at the moment scraps fetching 500 pound a ton (alloy) so that means my car.....

weighs 950 kg
worth 475 quid :lol: :lol:

[Philsutton]

thats massively over weight for a nova, where did you weigh it them as i might have to go see what mine weighs now.

[jamie gsi16v]

your abit wrong there phill as a standard gte weighs 834kg so for saying iv got 17s quad exhausts 16v engine and a s**t load of filler and fibreglass etc etc i dont think iv done too bad? i was quiet pleased? its at the alloy scrapyard in derby,

[mad-driver]

fibreglass weighs fcuk all though

[ANDYRACER]

Where u in the car aswell? And thats quite heavy for a nova.

[mad-driver]

Where u in the car aswell? And thats quite heavy for a nova.

LOL trying to say something andy?

[Stuart]

bodykit fibre glass seems to weight a fcuk load though!
add in filler and the valver engine.
i can easily see it hitting near a ton.


mine shall weigh much less than 700Kg ;)

[Aragorn]

and why would the be paying alloy scrap value for a car made primarily from steel and composite materials?

more like ?40 imo

the only alloy on there is the wheels probably

[Dar]

Haven't had mine weighed lately but it was just over 800kg before the firbreglass panels, Polycarbinate windows and other bits getting taken off.

So its well under 800kg now. Not sure what though. I think its time to try and blag another go on the weighbridge.

[jamie gsi16v]

aragon i was just seeing how much it was worth if it was alloy lol (joke?) i would of thought my car weighed over a ton as it still has original arches but fibreglass pannels filled over the top? no actual replacement pannels? i was pleased with the weight, carnt see how anybody can say its very heavy if its only about 100kilos heavier than standard? think everybody should go out this weekend and blag there way on a weigh bridge n surprise yourselves?

[Jack]

Try a car thats 1350Kgs as st :P

...and thats not the heaviest of the three GT-Four's either :lol:

[mad-driver]

Try a car thats 1350Kgs as st :P

...and thats not the heaviest of the three GT-Four's either :lol:

Bloody hell i though my dads car was heavy at 1400kg, and thats a big V6

[Jack]

Yep, but consider the weight of the 4WD system....

My mates (FWD lol) GTi-6 is apparently something like 1320kgs!

[mad-driver]

Yep, but consider the weight of the 4WD system....

My mates (FWD lol) GTi-6 is apparently something like 1320kgs!

Yea there is that, would the engine weigh alot? I mean its only a 2 litre isnt it but it obviously has a turbo and all that. My dads engine is just a huge heavy block of metal lol

[Jack]

Woldn't have thought the engine would weigh all that much, the turbo isn't that big lol. It is quite a large car though, a little over 1.7m x 4.4m. PAS, A/C, 4WD, the suspension and brakes as well (seen the size of the calipers? Yeah, they're as heavy as they look lol) all adds to the weight... tis worth it tho :wink:

[mad-driver]

tis worth it tho :wink:

lol im sure it is with all that power 8)

[dan16v]

fibre glass does weigh alot when mixed with resin etc!