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View Poll Results: How much do you weigh?
100-125lbs 3 5.17%
125-150lbs 6 10.34%
150-175lbs 17 29.31%
175-200lbs 9 15.52%
200-225lbs 13 22.41%
225-250lbs 4 6.90%
250-275lbs 4 6.90%
275lbs+ 2 3.45%
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Old 01-08-2008, 10:23 PM   #1
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yea, I can see both sides of the equation tho. saying a 2 seater caddy (comeon, who drives caddies... on average, not young small people).

At the same time, the car's engineered for a certain thing and it WILL handle differently with more weight in it. the manufacturers are just covering their asses for when someone says "my car handles like mush" they can say "well you overloaded it"

I work in performer flying effects (among other things) lifting peter pan, wicket witches, jesus, and angels. there's a HUGE F'ing liability to deal with as you can imagine. Sure the weakest part is at least 8 times the expected performer weight but we still tell people not to mess around with the systems when we or the designated operators aren't there. we've got a pretty inclusive liability waiver ;-)

The limits are kinda retarded though. I can fill my car to the limit with space to spare in the trunk and only me
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