anyone know if manufacturers take into consideration driver weight and fluids when advertisin their numbers...

 

I know that BMW does, well, I've read and saw vids of some of their developement work and that's one of the things they showed. The car (E46 M3) was strapped to a platform and had sensors all over the place. Good ****.

 

Good question... Since I think driver weight would be generally minimal in a performance difference, I doubt they would take that into consideration. I'm not sure about fluids but I assume they don't. Deffinetely something to ask a local dealership, and if they don't know you can probably call corporate.

 

i think mazda might, but you have to remember the drivers on the other side....

 

Going coorporate is a better idea LOL, dealers suck. I know, I work for one. I think that fluids make a huge difference in weight distribution. The only reason we take weight distr. into account is because of spirited driving and safety. So, when hitting a corner at 50MPH in an FD with 10 gallons of 93 oct. in the tank, the weight it would put onto the tangent side of the outter curve could be the deciding factor of weather or not you'll spin out or glide through.

 

theres no way a dealer would know if they measured it full or empty. they just sell the car, would you like fries with that?