To move a wheel on a vechicle you need to do two things. Spin it and move it at the speed down the road. The spinning takes energy. So, wheel mass cost more energy to accelerate than mass in the box.
I don't go to mass all that often, but I do live in mass, is this all the same..??? Sometimes, I get the $5 box lunch at Mc Tuckey fried Shicken too..!!