I know I'm stupid...

[Kai]

no no i was referring to it NOT making a difference in quarter times (as per Neil's post) due to the difference in the pitch/yaw of the car caused by the parts being taken out. because you are taking out parts of the car, it is stuffing up the dynamics of the car and accellaration abilites are sacrified.

does this make sense to anyone??

adding weight to the front seats (people) in a car would not throw this balance out cos thats where people were designed to sit and the suspension set up can handle a weight increase in that spot. your dynamics however, aren't designed to cope with weight being taken out of those parts of the car (rear wheel, rear seats).

god dammit i confusin' mahself.

You say that.

But when i put my foot down in third and it starts spinning (not the polo obviously) the car slides out pretty bad. When there is a passenger. Its a totally different feeling to when your by youself. 2 completely different reactions with just the addition of a passenger.

I know your talking about cornering tho. And not sliding in a straight line. Im just adding.

[Kai]

Yeah, look I really don't know about the suspension side of it etc...but it felt lighter or more spritely..it may have just been my perception.
But it makes sense to me the heavier the car the slower so the lighter the quicker...given lets say hypotheticly the car dropped 400kg....surely she'd be quicker.
Still I cannot imagine a driver in the middle of a WRC kicking out his partner....."get out man..ya slowing me down!!"

Ive taken my spare out and rear seats out heaps of times. And raced the same cars that ive raced with everything in. You move alot faster with just the little bit of weight removed. I was even supprised with what happens.

Then again. I notice if my fuel is empty by the cars performance. Then i look at the gauge and realize its really low.

[PeterHBne]

Weight makes a huge difference - ask Colin Chapman of Lotus .

I once removed the entire enterior except dash and drivers seat from my old Charade and the difference in acceleration and, even more so, handling and braking was quite astounding.

[h100vw]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeGbgjUI-Mk&feature=related

You can still get about on 3 wheels, check this one out. Doesn't seem to be slowing him down too much.

Gavin

[Bug_racer]

this could be another way of getting around with a flat ? :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InlFaERcPeA

[Chipped]

great........so I wasn't imagining the difference.

[leasaunce]

lol.....put back your spare tyre!

you might as well don't fill up your fuel. put $5 n that way you'll be quick off the line hahaha...

but yeah if you really wanna save weight, pull out the back seats n the passenger seat too

[Bubu]

Dont forget to drain your windscreen washer reservoir and go to the toilet before you drive that will save a bit more weight.

[Kai]

Dont forget to drain your windscreen washer reservoir and go to the toilet before you drive that will save a bit more weight.

BMW M3 has a 25L washer bottle.

[leasaunce]

BMW M3 has a 25L washer bottle.

Holy crap! why so big?! they could've put that into good use, **wink wink** an extra petrol tank or nitro?

[pixl]

BMW M3 has a 25L washer bottle.

How big are the ones in our Polos?

[leasaunce]

^im guessing less than 5L?

[Chipped]

Dont forget to drain your windscreen washer reservoir and go to the toilet before you drive that will save a bit more weight.

He,he LOVE IT!! I'm thinking about donating a kidney