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How is the 'official' boot volume calclated or measured?

welland99

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I have been looking for a large estate car for a while and the W210 is something I am considering. I have seen various car review websites that compare boot volume and the W210 always appears to compare favourably with other cars, such as volvo V70 or Audi A6. I have seen the W210 estate boot volume given as 600 litres to over a thousand (I can't remember exactly now).

Today I went to look at a W210 and I took some boot dimensions and I can't get my calculations to come anywhere near to 600 litres. Obviously the boot has a complex shape (but not nearly as complex as some other cars).

But looking at a basic rough calcalation (which would be on the low side),
I took boot width 110 cm x length 100 cm (to top of rear seats) x height 79 cm ( at opening) . Divided all this by 1000 and answer is 869.

Is my maths wrong, or have I ignored some other basic assumptions?
 
Measured using the VDA method. This is the method used by the Verbund die Automobil Industrie (VDA) in Germany. A VDA figure is determined by
filling the loadspace with litre blocks, each measuring 200x100x50 mm. The blocks are then counted, and the numerical result is converted into cubic metres.


:)
 
Measured using the VDA method. This is the method used by the Verbund die Automobil Industrie (VDA) in Germany. A VDA figure is determined by
filling the loadspace with litre blocks, each measuring 200x100x50 mm. The blocks are then counted, and the numerical result is converted into cubic metres.


:)

Do they have to mention whether it was a woman packing the blocks or a man:rolleyes:
 
they fill the boot with custard then when its full pour it out and measure it in 1ltr jugs

I was thinking of something similar

Weigh the car.

1. Put a very large polythene 'bag' in the boot,
2. then lift the car up from the rear so it is hanging vertically down.
3. Fill up the 'bag' with water,
4, then weigh it again.

Difference in weight in kg = litres of boot capacity.

Then fold the rear seats down and repeat steps 1-4 above
 
I was thinking of something similar

Weigh the car.

1. Put a very large polythene 'bag' in the boot,
2. then lift the car up from the rear so it is hanging vertically down.



3. Fill up the 'bag' with water,
4, then weigh it again.

Difference in weight in kg = litres of boot capacity.

Then fold the rear seats down and repeat steps 1-4 above

What difference does the angle of dangle make?

Wouldn't it be easier to inflate a balloon with air until it reached the perimeter all around, then measure how much air it had in it?

Can somebody please tell me how the multi quote reply function works?????
 
Difference in weight in kg = litres of boot capacity.

Can somebody please tell me how the multi quote reply function works?????

Like this. :D

Because 1litre of water = 1kg the weighing idea does work rather well. Here's a challlenge - if custard was used what conversion factor would be needed?
 
I was thinking of something similar

Weigh the car.

1. Put a very large polythene 'bag' in the boot,
2. then lift the car up from the rear so it is hanging vertically down.
3. Fill up the 'bag' with water,
4, then weigh it again.

Difference in weight in kg = litres of boot capacity.

Then fold the rear seats down and repeat steps 1-4 above

all very clever but my way we all get custard for pudding :bannana:
 
Measured using the VDA method. This is the method used by the Verbund die Automobil Industrie (VDA) in Germany. A VDA figure is determined by filling the loadspace with students. The students are then counted, and the numerical result is converted into cubic metres.


:)

:D

Cheers,

Gaz
 
Obviously you wouldn't get as many Students in as generally they are thicker than the average plastic block..
 
all very clever but my way we all get custard for pudding :bannana:

But how do you get the custard out of the carpet pile?

Apparently there are now 19596 members on the forum. If we divide our 600 litres of custard equally between us, the will give us only two table spoons each. I vote to fold the rear seats to get more custard in!:cool::crazy:
 
But how do you get the custard out of the carpet pile?

Apparently there are now 19596 members on the forum. If we divide our 600 litres of custard equally between us, the will give us only two table spoons each. I vote to fold the rear seats to get more custard in!:cool::crazy:

mmmmm, could kill off a few members or get a huge trailer and weld that to the car then elongate the boot into the trailer then it would become part of the car boot

as for the carpet it will add a bit of fiber to the custard and we all know fiber is good for you
 
how about changing Custard to chocolate bars?
 
how about changing Custard to chocolate bars?

As far as I was concerned (read it in top gear magazine) it's actually rabbits they measure it in - you can cram a lot of rabbits into the back of an estate - that's where the discrepancy with numbers comes up tho - because obviously the measurement changes depending on the male > female ratio in the car at any one given time....
 
As far as I was concerned (read it in top gear magazine) it's actually rabbits they measure it in - you can cram a lot of rabbits into the back of an estate - that's where the discrepancy with numbers comes up tho - because obviously the measurement changes depending on the male > female ratio in the car at any one given time....

...of course if you leave them in there for too long whilst you're counting some of them will have already reproduced and borne young. I see
 
I bought vauxhall carlton off a glamour photographer once, the boot was full to the brim with custard, his website was called "GungeGirls" though so i guess it shouldn't have been a suprise.
 
Hey toaster,
I saw your cousin the new USB toaster on the gadget show the other night!
 

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