Wait, what? For real, the S12 is only 1.200 kg...? I think I'm being hustled on the road tax here then.
On my slip the car is taxed for 1.320 kg (2.910 lbs), and that's supposed to be dry weight! But check this out, according to the transport agency in my country, the S12 has a mindboggling curb weight of 1.670 kg - that's 3.680 lbs! What the shit! That can't be right though?
I got a decent stereo system, I keep my tools and a fire extinguisher in the boot and most of the interior is still standard, only factory extras were power windows and mirrors, so with the IC, bigger turbo and whatnot it should weigh more than 1.700 kg if the papers were true...I always wondered about that and thought it felt more like 1.300-ish.
I'm puzzled how this could happen. Perhaps the man responsible for the data got the S12 and Z31 mixed up. Perhaps he was a Dadaist. Perhaps he was retarded. I'll never know. Irrespective, the upside of this ghost weight is that my S12 is legally allowed to haul big-ass trailers!
Though it would look kinda dumb with a tow hook. On the other hand, using the S12 to haul a slammed caravan trailer with matching black/grey paintjob, sitting on, say, 15x9 ET0 Rota RKRs flushed with wheel arches and massive camber... I could totally go on the funkiest camping trips ever! But what a dick I would look like. Man, speaking of retarded, this is an awesome idea!