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roadtest motor august 1986 p26/27/28/29 uploaded

PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:45 pm
by Hans Efde
New addition to the archive site:
Roadtest Midas Gold coupe magazine Motor august 2 1986, 4 pages.
files motor 0886 p26/27/28/29 in the gold coupe dir.

Re: roadtest motor august 1986 p26/27/28/29 uploaded

PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:54 pm
by Stuart

Re: roadtest motor august 1986 p26/27/28/29 uploaded

PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:11 pm
by Hans Efde
Striking is the mentioned empty weight of 806.5 kg of the test car. Much heavier than the generally accepted 740kg.

Re: roadtest motor august 1986 p26/27/28/29 uploaded

PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:27 pm
by Stuart
Yes they're not a light car. On the two I've owned there is much more variation in the thickness of the various panels than on the MK 2, the MK 2 is quite uniform in thickness and on the whole thicker. There are some really thin panels on a MK 3 in comparison.

My current MK 3 felt a good deal lighter than my 900kg ish Micra on the trailer when I towed it home.