Contest - Guess the Weight of a Bare Yaris Shell

[CTScott]

Let's see who can guess the weight of a completely empty Yaris shell (to the nearest lb). When I weighed it every single item that could be unbolted or pulled off/out was removed.

If no one gets it prior, I will post the answer on Friday.

P.S. One guess per person!


And, the winner is edmscan, who's guess of 520 lbs was only 4 lbs off the actual weight of 524 lbs


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Guesses so far:
200: mario98c
310: jcboy
457: ilikerice
498: Marcus
500: Astroman
520: edmscan
546: contraband831
550: mazilla
606: 33OH
610: fnkngrv
675: nookandcrannycar
768: NEexpat
775: sex
820: cali yaris
826: Kens
850: Jason@SportsCar
864: Hershey
913: MyzticZ3r0
968: keiri
977: malibuguy
1012: racerb
1083: Kaotic Lazagna
1100: TOLMACH
1101: D&D






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[Astroman]

500

[CTScott]

500

Nope

[Jason@SportsCar]

850lbs

[CTScott]

850lbs

Nope

[jpmck03]

Nope

One dollar... er... one pound, Bob!

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[nookandcrannycar]

675 lbs. Great pic.

[CTScott]

675 lbs. Great pic.

Nope!

[MyzticZ3r0]

913lbs!

[Kaotic Lazagna]

1083 lbs

[CTScott]

913lbs!

Nope

[CTScott]

1083 lbs

Nope

[Jason@SportsCar]

460lbs

[CTScott]

460lbs

Nope, and one guess per person.

[edmscan]

520 lbs

[CTScott]

520 lbs

Nope

[NEexpat]

Looks like a giant bleached out animal skull to me.

I'll guess 768 lbs.

[CTScott]

Looks like a giant bleached out animal skull to me.

I'll guess 768 lbs.

I hadn't noticed that before. It does look like some kind of a prehistoric elephant skull.

Nope on the 768.

[nookandcrannycar]

Looks like a giant bleached out animal skull to me.

LOL.....just think though.....I, for one, know quite a bit more about my car (even given other reading on my own) from CTScott's posts than I otherwise would have.

[racerb]

I'm guessing 1012 lbs. give or take a pound or 2!

racerb

[CTScott]

I'm guessing 1012 lbs. give or take a pound or 2!

racerb

Nope

[Hershey]

864

[Hershey]

Would like to see the Yaris shell on it's roof like that of a turtle . Pics please .

[CTScott]

Would like to see the Yaris shell on it's roof like that of a turtle . Pics please .

Too late. That actually would have been a cool picture. This is what it looks like now:

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[CTScott]

864

Nope

[Hershey]

You butcher :slice: ! Darn , too late as usual . :frown:

[keiri]

968 lbs

[MyzticZ3r0]

=O I didn't see that coming..

[CTScott]

968 lbs

Nope

[CTScott]

=O I didn't see that coming..

It really is a shame, but the front frame damage, would have resulted in some mighty costly time on a frame machine. I was considering trying to sell the whole rear clip, but found out that there is zero market for it, since the Yaris is too inexpensive of a car to warrant the labor associated with swapping a clip. So, I removed everything usable and the rest of the body will be off to a scrap metal recycler for $.06 per lb.

[ilikerice]

457 lbs

[Jason@SportsCar]

Nope, and one guess per person.

There were no rules laid out for this in the first post! :tongue:

[jcboy]

310lbs

[JumpmanYaris]

This is almost impossible to guess unless anyone has done the same as you did.

[CTScott]

This is almost impossible to guess unless anyone has done the same as you did.

That's what makes it interesting. It's one of those things that is very difficult to calculate and therefor fun to take wild guesses at.

[CTScott]

There were no rules laid out for this in the first post! :tongue:

Sorry. Right after you posted I thought - Dang! I should have posted some rules.

[contraband831]

546

[D&D]

1101

[fnkngrv]

610

[CTScott]

3 more nopes.

[Kens]

375 Kg - 826 lbs ?

[marcus]

498

[CTScott]

Nope and nope.

[mario98c]

200? lol

[mazilla]

550

[CTScott]

Nope and nope.

Results are coming later today. I will say though that one person on the list is only 4 lbs from the actual weight.

[33OH]

What's that trailer rated for? :wink:

606 lbs.

[CTScott]

What's that trailer rated for? :wink:

606 lbs.

Hmmm - Good question.

Nope!

[racerb]

Too late. That actually would have been a cool picture. This is what it looks like now:

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That's a very sad sight, had to cover my Yaris's eyes on this one!! :cry:

racerb :eek:

[TOLMACH]

1100 lbs

[cali yaris]

820

[malibuguy]

977

[mario98c]

709.17645lbs :laugh:

[CTScott]

Lots more nopes, and one guess per person.

[jcboy]

Nope and nope.

Results are coming later today. I will say though that one person on the list is only 4 lbs from the actual weight.

that's me! :rolleyes:

[malibuguy]

679lbs

[CTScott]

679lbs

One guess per person, but... Nope.

[sex]

775

[33OH]

Okay, it's Friday. What's the verdict? :)

[CTScott]

And the actual retail price (err weight) is 524 lbs.

edmscan was the closest (guessing 520 lbs).



I was pretty amazed as to how light the Yaris shell is. When you look at the curb weight of this car (2290 lbs MT / 2335 lbs AT) it is pretty amazing that the shell is less than 1/4 of that weight.


I will be posting another thread with detailed pictures of the cut sections to show the details of the construction.

Ironically at $0.06 per lb for scrap steel, it cost me more for sawsall blades and angle grinder cutting discs than I will make off the scrap steel. But, it was all worth it to have the opportunity to see how these cars are assembled.

[33OH]

Wow that is surprisingly light! This was an awesome thread.

Edit: Just looked up the weight of my '91 Miata shell for fun, 466 lbs.

[edmscan]

And the actual retail price (err weight) is 524 lbs.
edmscan was the closest (guessing 520 lbs).


I did good ... makes me want to chop up my Yaris. Ah .. maybe not.

[racerb]

That is amazing! Makes me want to strip one down to the bare essentials and build an ultra light weight racer out of it, already know a bunch of stuff that could go away!!

racerb :wink:

[Jason@SportsCar]

That is amazing! Makes me want to strip one down to the bare essentials and build an ultra light weight racer out of it, already know a bunch of stuff that could go away!!

racerb :wink:

My car sits at 1850lbs with an 8-point cage in it. I think you could have a "streetable" car without the cage around 2000lbs.

[NEexpat]

I never would have guessed it was that light,















and in fact didn't.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Wow, that is light. I was thinking it was going to be half the curb weight. lol

[screenprintr]

Our cars are so light, they won't even bust a water/soda plastic bottle that's capped on the road. I've tried driving over them when people leave them in the road. My car drives right over.

[mazilla]

Close!


I can almost deadlift that thing...it's just over my personal best. Hahaha