Subaru Legacy 2012 User Manual page 456

occupant weighing 154 lbs (70 kg)
plus cargo weighing 551 lbs (250
kg).
Calculate the total weight.
1.
Calculate the available load ca-
2.
pacity by subtracting the total
weight from the vehicle capacity
weight of 800 lbs (363 kg).
The result of step 2 shows that a
3.
further 95 lbs (43 kg) of cargo can
be carried.
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Example 1B
For example, if a person weighing
176 lbs (80 kg) now enters the
same vehicle (bringing the number
of occupants to two), the calcula-
tions are as follows:
1. Calculate the total weight.
Calculate the available load ca-
2.
pacity.
The total weight now exceeds
3.
the capacity weight by 81 lbs (37
kg), so the cargo weight must be
reduced by 81 lbs (37 kg) or more.
Example 2A
Vehicle capacity weight of the
vehicle is 800 lbs (363 kg), which
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