hey thanks for the tips...i've been driving for quite awhile and am pretty safe (very hard to do in florida, dagone crazy drivers here!) and funny you should mention tires, 'cause i got a flat just last weekend!! <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

i didn't think about the car being designed to hold (4 people at approx 150lbs each) so thats a good start...and it is late here so i haven't checked for any stickers or ratings present on the car...but i do have a wife and baby, so there is added weight also...all total the "human weight" would equal out to about 400 for the three of us...(im the "fat" one <img src="images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />)

granted, weight can be distributed throughout the car...but i guess my question was really, How much could the rear shocks take without dragging the gas tank on the ground? <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> all in all i guess about 150lbs total in the trunk...not nearly enough IMO...i need a truck...

thanks for the reply