Scott134
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I went to my local public weighbridge this afternoon to see what effect all of the recent weight reduction work has had. Unfortunately, the office there was shut but I got chatting to the guy who runs the garage next door. He said he often shows people onto the weighbridge at weekends when the office is shut because you can just drive onto the weighbridge and then look through the window of the office and you can see the digital readout. Top tip! Anyway, I did exactly that but the readout makes no sense, so I thought I'd ask on here if anyone has had a similar experience or knows what might be wrong.
The readout said 560kg, which can't be right!! I parked the car in three different positions on the weighbridge and it said the same each time. I took the car off the weighbridge and it said 0. Now my car had very little petrol in it but even so, that can't be right. I was expecting something around 900kg after the recent weight reduction we've done. I know Steve's car only weighed around 840kg and he has done more weight reduction than I have!
I will go back in the week when the office is open to try again but I just thought I'd throw it out on here for any ideas? I spoke to the garage guy about it and asked if the weighbridge could be calibrated for something else and he said he didn't think so, usually people just drive on and look through the window at the result! He said it was calibrated regularly with steel bars etc.
Weird!
The readout said 560kg, which can't be right!! I parked the car in three different positions on the weighbridge and it said the same each time. I took the car off the weighbridge and it said 0. Now my car had very little petrol in it but even so, that can't be right. I was expecting something around 900kg after the recent weight reduction we've done. I know Steve's car only weighed around 840kg and he has done more weight reduction than I have!
I will go back in the week when the office is open to try again but I just thought I'd throw it out on here for any ideas? I spoke to the garage guy about it and asked if the weighbridge could be calibrated for something else and he said he didn't think so, usually people just drive on and look through the window at the result! He said it was calibrated regularly with steel bars etc.
Weird!