FYI -

I have a client with a big drive-on scale. They sell rock, soil and such... the scale is required to be calibrated on a regular basis, and is said to be accurate +/- 10 pounds.

I went out there today and weighed my completely loaded 2005 6MT sedan.

Specs are:

• DG with stone interior
• Premium Package
• Nav
• XM
• stock 18" sport wheels with OEM Turanza ER33 rubber (50% tread)
• 60% tank of gas
• all manuals, spare tire, aid kit, floor mats, base and carpeted trunk mat, net, etc.
• Passport 8500 X50
• Stillen sways instead of OEM sways (negligible difference)
• 10 pounds extra weight (laptop, CDs, etc.)
• Me (150 pounds)

Drum roll...................... 3640 pounds.

Take out me and my crap, and you get about 3480 ready to roll with everything in it, and optioned about as heavy as possible, with over half a tank of gas. Fill up the tank (~7 gallons), and you're pretty close to the official weight posted by Inifiniti of 3512 pounds. Which means that the weight of 3512 is about the heaviest a G35 can be in stock form.

 

Thanks for doing that and posting the details. Interesting that you're pretty well bang on with Infiniti's weight.

Now if someone can do the same for an 04 and the equivalent in coupes we'd be all set.

 

It would be nice to know.

If they're in Austin, I can set them up with the scale. Kind of like a dyno - using the same machine would remove that variable.

 

Doesn't it weigh more with a stone interior?

 

That, MADE ME LAUGH. Thanks.

 

HAHAHAH.. me too,,,, good 1..

 

I've heard of people using truck scales on the highway. I do not know how valid this is but if you REALLY want to know it may be worth going and speaking with the person working the scale. If it is not busy they may not have a problem with it.

Scott

 

Lakeshore Slate must be REEEALLY heavy!!

 

Awesome info - thanks. That means my option-less G35 weighs less than 3500lbs.

 

Yeah - kind of hard to know accessory weights for sure... but I would bet the Navi adds ~8 pounds (screen, unit, DVD player, etc.), the XM about 2 pounds, with the premium package being the biggest hog (radio, speakers, SUNROOF, dual zone, etc. ~50+ pounds).

FYI - As long as we're weighing:

all floor mats - 10 pounds
carpeted trunk mat - 10 pounds
base trunk mat - 2 pounds
spare tire - 34 pounds
tools/foam insert for spare - 4 pounds

So if you run the track, and remove the spare, tools, and floor mats... you're saving ~60 pounds. About 5hp gain in power.

Interestingly, the 2006 6MT sedan is listed as 3512 pounds, and the 6MT coupe is up at 3524 (active steer I would assume).