Would You Lose Weight to Drive a Car?

"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
07/05/2017 at 08:58 • Filed to: Questions

What if you weren’t allowed to own a car unless you were less than 6% of its curb weight (both in lbs) due to strict fuel economy, emissions, or performance and competition requirements? You are only weighed upon registration and renewal like a professional athlete.

Just take your weight (in lbs) and divide it by 0.06 to find out the lightest curb weight car (in lbs) you could qualify for right now. Or just multiply any vehicle’s curb weight by 0.06 to find out how much you would need to weigh in order to register to drive it.

Are any cars worth weighting for?

Ya’ll kilopound megagram hectodecibel using people need to convert.

DISCUSSION (40)

pip bip - choose Corrour > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:02

McLaren F1 only, otherwise no.

Wobbles the Mind > pip bip - choose Corrour
07/05/2017 at 09:04

You would need to weigh under 151 lbs!

pip bip - choose Corrour > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:05

i’m 95-odd kg at present (which works out to 210lbs) so that’ll never happen then.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:07

Monster truck here I come!

random001 > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:07

This isn’t fair. I don’t have a lot of weight to lose. I mean, maybe 10 lbs before I start to hit the unhealthy stage. There must be some accommodation for very tall people here. I breach 6'4" and sit around 180 lbs. So I could still drive my 02 Z06, but still, shorter people with my body type can drive more cars. So unfair.

Echo51 > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:09

Works out to minimum 1900lbs car for me. So i’d be allowed in a miata, yaaay!

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:13

I’d have to weight 156 to drive my Integra. At 6'2 I don’t think I could ever get down to that weight with out doing full blown wrestler weight loss. I think 165 is lightest I’ve ever been since HS and I was really skinny then.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:14

My new daily, I’m ok with that:

Kinja'd!!!

I’M TALL OK!?

EngineerWithTools > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:14

Does a steam locomotive count as a vehicle one would “qualify for right now”?

Asking for a friend.

404 - User No Longer Available > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:18

Is that why trucks and SUVs are consistently the best-seller in America?

TheRealBicycleBuck > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:19

Would there be maximums based on total load? For example, a family of four? What would be the penalty for going over the maximum load? Can the penalty be paid upfront like a gas guzzler tax?

So many questions come to mind!

fintail > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:21

I drive an E250 Bluetec 4Matic, which is a heavy vehicle - I am well under weight for it. I might be pushing it with the fintail.

Tekamul > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:21

No, that just couldn’t work. It would all be SUVs and quad cab trucks. The roadways would suck more than they already do.

Miatas would have to live up to the hairdresser stigma, as only women could drive them.

If you applied that to two wheels, I’d have to be a head in a jar. And it needs to be a light jar....

bhtooefr > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:24

My 6% line gets me a curb weight of 1982 kg or 4369 lbs.

I oppose your rule.

EL_ULY > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:24

to be able to drive an Indycar or F1 maybe, otherwise no.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:25

I could gain weight and still drive my truck, so no.

I’d like to lose weight anyway, but I wouldn’t bother for a car.

Maxima Speed > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:27

No, you start telling me what cars I’m allowed to drive based on my weight we’re gonna have an all out war. Anyways, I’m 170 so I can’t drive anything lighter than 2,800 pounds. I’m ok with the that as any lighter, and I would be pretty malnourished, I could trim 10 pounds, but that would give me much more in the way of cars.

A pogo-stick, obviously. > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:29

I should lose weight, then I would enjoy driving many cars much more. Hell, I could then buy that nice little NA Miata project I always wanted (I fit in the car, but getting in and out is an absolute nightmare with my current “extra baggage”).

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Lol, didn’t read. I don’t think I’d be allowed in vary many cars right now, inluding my Tacoma. I’m 5'11" and 270 and WAY overwieght. I think based on the curb weight of my truck I would still need to be under 140lb based on the OP.

shop-teacher > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:32

That would just make people buy even bigger vehicles. I’d have to step up to a 3/4 ton plus pickup to make that rule.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:34

So escalade it is. Probably need to go with the the ESV too, just to be safe.

jimz > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:38

I’m good for pretty much anything other than a Miata or Fiat 500.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:40

66 kg : 0.66 = 2,424 lbs = 1,099 kg.

Hm, that is more than I expected but good for a Mazda Miata.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 09:46

why pounds?
imperial, US or troy?

also I’d need to lose 3 kilos to drive my MR2 Turbo. I choose to take the spare wheel out instead.

just-a-scratch > pip bip - choose Corrour
07/05/2017 at 10:12

This is the first car weight I looked up, and my 6'2" self would not enjoy life much at 150 lb. So, nope.

just-a-scratch > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 10:14

I could go down to a 3000 lb car, and I just manage to keep 1996 328i.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 10:17

Your math says that I should be in a car that weighs 3433.3lbs.

So, about 210lbs lighter than my FoST

BIGBLOCK472 - wide and bizarre > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 10:19

I’m kind of a fatass but I like big trucks, so...

Of course I have always dreamed of owning a Miata or Boxer too though.

boredalways > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 10:28

U fat shaming us, bro!?

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 10:33

I’m already underweight, so no. I’d be looking at a weight limit for the car of ~2192 lbs. Great, I get to daily a Mitsubishi Mirage or some sort of low-volume roadster.

nerd_racing > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 10:33

Yes, but I doubt I could come in under 200 anymore. Right now my lean body mass is around 207lbs and I’m 5'11"

EDIT: FML I’m too dang heavy. Even if I dropped muscle and such I just don’t think I could lose enough to be able to drive my Miata. I weighed 160 lbs in 6th grade and I’d still be too heavy. I was under 10% body fat for wrestling...

Chinny Raccoon > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 10:40

Yeah, if I wanted to keep my current car I’d probably have to loose a leg. Or two.

benjrblant > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 10:41

So, funny story: I actually know the guy in this photo. It’s for PPRS- power racing series in which you have a $500 to make an electric racing car out of a power wheels and complete a set of three races. I drove for a friend one year, it’s mad fun.

http://www.powerracingseries.org/

HammerheadFistpunch > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 10:45

I can weight up to 300 lbs, so I’m good.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 10:48

So for me nothing under 3400 pounds.

Dusty Ventures > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 11:02

I’m currently losing weight to co-drive a car.

Shoop > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 11:24

Only land yachts for me. Luckily I could weigh up to 420lb and still drive my truck.

Thomas Donohue > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 11:30

So, you’d have to be under 140 lbs to drive a new Miata?

I guess I’d make do with a few salads and a Mercedes SLS AMG.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 13:10

41666.6666667 lbs

I don’t even qualify for my own car

I would need to weight 223.5 or less for my GTO... Loose 20 odd pounds wouldn’t be too hard. New goal

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Wobbles the Mind
07/05/2017 at 18:31

I can’t see many cars that I couldn’t drive made today. The Lotus Elise would limit you to 120lbs, which is the most unreasonable weight limit that I’d be interested in driving.

I’m well within the limits for my cars...

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Wobbles the Mind
07/06/2017 at 12:05

I wouldn’t have to lose any weight to drive a 1.6 NA Miata under those rules, so I think I’m good.