<VV> Slightly OT- Terminology

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Here you go. Enlightening.

Chuck S

http://ateupwithmotor.com/terms-technology-definitions/curb-weight-shipping-weight/


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Wilson"

>
> I'm looking at stats of various cars, esp weights.
> And I often see two vastly different values for the same
> model; the 'shipping weight' and the 'curb weight'.
>
> Is 'curb weight' simply the weight with a full gas tank and
> a crankcase full of oil and antifreeze?
>
> There seems to usually be quite a difference between the two.
>
> CJ Wilson