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|  SLK55 Curb Weight Why is it everywhere I look it says the curb weight is near 3500lbs but at the last meet this kid showed me the sticker on the door and it said the car was 4000 something pounds. I'm I crazy  did I read the sticker wrong? |
 
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| it says 1540 on mine but there is a place on the door that says its towards 1850.
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A gross vehicle weight rating ,GVWR, is the maximum allowable total weight of a road vehicle or trailer that is loaded, including the weight of the vehicle itself plus fuel, passengers, cargo, and trailer tongue weight. (from Wikipedia).
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| Eddy, thank you for clearing it up for us.
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| The SL says GVWR is 4860 so I guess fully loaded we are 840 pounds more than the SLK55
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