82's weight

[vw_85roccoZ400 at hotmail.com (Brian Spinney)]

Nice to see that they finally let you registered the Scirocco!  It seems 
that they gave you a very decent weight at 1933.  I have read a few places 
that said the weight depending on option should run 2050-2270 between the 
years 82-86 8v.

-Brian
85 Scirocco 8vT       01 Jetta 20vT       84 Rabbit GTI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neptuno" <neptunonc@yahoo.com>
To: <silvius14@comcast.net>; "Scirocco-L" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: 82's weight


> Like a couple of you mentioned the GVWR of the car is  "2954" and I did 
> find that number on the DS door jam. I also had the tittle from Maryland 
> that read -3700, And we all know that the car does not weigh 3700#. Which 
> is the number the costumer service person was going to use, until I said 
> "that I know is not Correct"
>
>  Then there is the article from January of 82 (Car and Driver) that states 
> that the car weighs 2160# (but Michigan would not accept that).
>
>  Why do you ask it is so important to know the weight? Well, here in MI it 
> is based like this:
>
>            About Your Vehicle Registration
>      Vehicle registrations for vehicle models 1983 or older are based on 
> the vehicle's weight. For model years 1984 and newer, the vehicle 
> registration is based on the manufacturer's suggested retail (or base) 
> price (ad valorem).
>
>
>
>  So If I was getting tagged with paying some tax....that rocco would want 
> to be as skinny as possible. The non-acceptance of the article left me 
> miffed. The attendant looked at an "old" book for weights, that ofcourse 
> was lacking the 82 year models except for pontiacs (wtf???). Then she had 
> to call Lansing to "verify" with them. Lansing said the car weight is 
> 1933# so I left it at that.
>
>  Got personalised license plates, registration, tittle and taxes for 
> $52.00. Just another reason why to have a light nimble car like a 
> Scirocco....Oh and did I mention that while all of this was happening two 
> people behind me was Michael Phelps?
>
>  Cheers,
>  El T
>
>
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