In a message dated 3/22/05 1:05:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, tjhannink@YAHOO.COM writes:
> > or aluminum cast wheel that was ever offered on the vanagon. the V8/ A8 > > wheels are a 38mm offset and are good choices too. > > i did not give the curb unladen weight for a Audi V8 or A8, but it is > > SUBSTANTIALLY heavier than the 5000/200. Listmember Hans Achter has 1990 > Audi V8 > > wheels on his syncro. > > It would be nice to see some real GVWR numbers for these particular vehicles > instead of speculating about their particular weights (i.e. "SUBSTANTIANALLY > heavier" to my wife is around 15-20lbs:>). from the Quattro-list: the audi V8 weighs 4029 unloaded/empty and GVWR is 5093 lbs. chris |
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