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Old May 19, 2010 | 12:26 PM
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I wanna say it's more 17-20%
 
Old May 19, 2010 | 12:29 PM
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That really sucks. Car companies really need to solve that problem.
 
Old May 19, 2010 | 12:37 PM
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They have, it's called RWD, Manual transmissions, lightweight bodies.
 
Old May 19, 2010 | 12:46 PM
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Well they need to fix it for automatics haha.
 
Old May 19, 2010 | 03:55 PM
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well it doesnt really matter because its going to happen to all cars no matter what, just less to the lighter ones... these engines definately arent made to pull alot of weight, i had about 1100lbs in my car yesterday and she barely wanted to move haha, but with all the weight, it looked lowered, it was pretty cool lookin
 
Old May 20, 2010 | 01:23 AM
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Jeez 1100lbs?! What were you haulin, 5 cows???
 
Old May 20, 2010 | 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by MonteLSV6
Jeez 1100lbs?! What were you haulin, 5 cows???
lets do math lol i just threw out a rough estimate

300+250+180+160+160=1050, i was close haha, on tubby in the back, feelin bad for my passenger side struts and shocks
 
Old May 20, 2010 | 01:34 PM
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Nice cover and great job on it. I have that same cover laying in my driveway. The dang thing got in the way while I was deleting the heater hoses and it got deleted also. However, its not off a badass Monte, just my pos venture van. If it was a Monte Id be fixin it rite.
 
Old May 21, 2010 | 12:50 AM
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Thanks bob. Haha I think that's what it came off. Either that or a pontiac one =P.

Trewyn15, I'm not good at math lol
 
Old May 21, 2010 | 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by MonteLSV6
Thanks bob. Haha I think that's what it came off. Either that or a pontiac one =P.

Trewyn15, I'm not good at math lol
me neither, i had to use a calculator =p
 
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