1968 1800 in Hemmings..

[TEAEYE]

Come on Tom, can't you tell it's my heart speaking! Just kidding!

Never had the cars on scales, but this is what I come up with through Autobook and original straight 2000 and Tilux sales paperwork.

All weight is given as unladen.

1602= 2062 lbs.

2002= 2271 lbs. ( early bumpers)

2000 Tilux = 2491 lbs.

Straight 2000 =2535 lbs.

Jon

[Timmer]

Jon,

I didn't do any winter driving with any of my 4 door NK's but with some of my 2002's I did and also a couple 320i's., no real issues getting stuck in snow, carburettor icing, etc..just prep them for winter driving season as best as I could.

Tim.

[vinceinIL]

This has gotten interesting with the talk about the weights. Might anyone know what a '65 1800ti supposedly weighs?

Yeh, like I need yet another toy.

vince

[Timmer]

Vince,

Specs on the 1800ti have it listed at 990 kgs/2180.6 pounds.

Tim.

[tjones02]

Vince,

Specs on the 1800ti have it listed at 990 kgs/2180.6 pounds.

Tim.

Na that can't be right?! I'll have to look that one up now as well. :b....

[Timmer]

Tom,

www.bmw1800ti.de.vu/ has the specs at 995 kg, ( 2189 lbs )roughly 2200 pounds.

Tim

[tjones02]

Still on the fence, I have always thought the 1800 Ti and TiSA weighed around 2350.... Here's the Sports Car Graphic road test of the 1800TISA and it shows 2320lbs.

http://www.nkbmw.com/media.php?view=TISAtest&img=4

Tom

[Timmer]

Tom,

That also seems more in line to me as well; what's with the test weight of 2700lbs, a few kegs of Lowenbrau inside the car maybe?!!

Tim.

[tjones02]

Scanned in my Feb '65 Road and Track 1800 TI road test.... says 2400lbs

http://s121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/tjones02_bucket/Neue%20Klasse/Road%20and%20Track%201800TI/

[tjones02]

scanned in the May '67 Road and Track 1600-2/2000 TiLux article as well... Guess that at the time the TiLux did weigh about 500lbs more than the 1600-2.

'67 1600-2 = 2050lbs

'67 2000 TiLux = 2560lbs

That still doesn't have the portly '76 2002 weight... we'll have to ask the "others" for that road test article...

http://s121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/tjones02_bucket/Neue%20Klasse/Road%20and%20Track%201600-2%202000%20TiLux/

Tom

[NickVyse]

More on the issue of weight (guess this discussion should have been a new thread) - along with my new car came a period French BMW sales brochure. States the 1600 weighs 1000kgs dry and 1050 wet (2205/2315lbs).

I find all of these figures amazing as the NK's are so much more solid than an 02. The bonnet and boot lids weigh a ton alone. Plus we all know how heavy BMW doors are and these have an extra two.