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Curb Weight etc??
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:53 pm
by mattler
Could someone please tell me what is meant by "curb weight" and how much the RS6 actualy weighs. I always assumed that it was just over 2 ton but reading the specs it would indicate just less than.
Please advise???
Also does anyone know what the button in the door sill that has a pic of a car with inverted brackets coming off it do?? Just found it today.
Ta
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:06 pm
by MoRS6+
Wikipedia kerb weight:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_weight
Wikipedia dry weight:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_weight_(vehicle)
RS6 Kerb Weights:
RS6 Saloon 1865kg
RS6 Avant 1880kg
RS6 Plus 1940kg
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:08 pm
by mattler
ok,
So the weight of the RS6 is 1865kg??
without passengers
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:15 pm
by MoRS6+
For the saloon, yes. Although there is some conflicting information as to the way VAG arrive at a kerbweight figure:
See here (3rd post down):
http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/ ... tm?t=32127
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:27 pm
by posterboyj
Mo , why is the 6+ 1940kg ?
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:31 pm
by MoRS6+
I always assume because of the extra cooling it has.
I weighed it the other week and it definitely weighs 1940kg (without me and with roughly quarter tank fuel).
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:22 am
by MartynC
And the sunroof Mo, I think they were standard fit.
MartynC
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:07 am
by jd_hants
60kg difference between the standard and plus is a hell of a lot for 'just' a cooling system isnt it???
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:26 am
by MartynC
And the number badge by the transmission!
MartynC
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:35 pm
by batty
sunroof definitely not standard - unless the one i saw a couple of weeks ago had a "sunroof delete" option..
shouldn't they be lighter due to the drilled discs and shorter suspension springs..??..!!
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:32 pm
by MoRS6+
We really need someone like Grizz or Doug to chime in and confirm just how heavy the 2 additional radiators are. Maybe there are other subtle strengthening mods not listed in the standard specification? But yes, 60kg does seem alot!! I wonder if the coilovers are heavier than the DRC system? Maybe there is stuff in the DRC that wasn't ripped out when the coilovers were fitted? Don't know...
Since I know my car weighs 1940kg, I'd really like to see how much a 'non-plus' Avant weighs, maybe someone could get their Avant weighed.
Si, if you're about, you could weigh your saloon at the same weighbridge I did mine although yours will be especially light at the mo what with it missing various things
(sorry mate, couldn't resist)...
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:32 pm
by deanobeano
2 extra rads, gotta be at least 20-30 lts of coolant - that's another 20-30 kgs
oh, and there's the paint on the alloys... x4
it all ads up
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:36 pm
by Shoppinit
The button is to deactivate the interior monitoring (motion sensors) for if you leave a dog or a child in the car.
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:38 am
by jd_hants
an extra 20/30 lts coolant. thats one hell of a lot of coolant and must be huge additional rads. where on earth do they get fitted as doesnt seem much room left under that bonnet!!
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:00 pm
by batty
they're not under the bonnet - they're behind the intercoolers in front of the wheelarch. i guess there's a good length of hose to get the coolant that far....