Posted on 05/27/2008 5:44:17 PM PDT by Chickensoup
I have been seeing this item advertised. I have two four wheel drive suvs because of my location. Would love to cut my milage twentyfive percent. Can anyone here explain this to me and tell me whether it would work, not work, be bad for my cars...
Absolute, total bunk.
And I didn’t even check which bit of quackery this one is.
It’s REAL SIMPLE:
Get a tuneup...
Properly Inflate and Balance your tires...
DRIVE SLOWER....
Save the money you’d otherwise be spending for Gas. We saw all kinds of scams in the late 70’s that never lived up the lofty savings promises.
I have read quite a few articles in various mechanics and car magazines and none of them really work. I think a few things work to a small degree but typically are not worth the extra trouble and expense. An example would be methanol/water injectors. I think they work but you probably would end up spending more for it than it would save.
We need more info on which SUV’S you are driving.
The only thing you need to ask is this: given the intense pressure that car companies are under to increase fleet mileage, why didn’t they put it in, if it works so well?
However, I suspect that the 25% claim is vastly exaggerated.
Hey, this one can double your mileage!
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Report:Robert_Pritchett’s_Mileage_Results_from_Hydroxy_Boost_Addition
You know the old story about the intermittent wipers....backyard inventor....big car company STOLE his master stroke invention....wouldn't pay him. Had to sue.
IF someone from Aquatune starts SUING GM because GM incorporated it into their SUVs, THEN you can assume it works.
Save your money. It’s bull.
Jack
The business model is:
Get a bunch of suckers to send us $500-800 for this crap. Assume that a significant percentage will never get around to installing, or will not really measure the effect, or will measure inaccurately and end up with a favorable result, or will feel so stupid they tell themselves they got a good result, or who get a bad result but don’t get around to returning the product.
Take all the returns you get, and sell them for $75 off as “remanufactured.”
Refer to a “disclaimer” in the materials, but never reveal what that is until delivery (no refund on shipping? hoops to jump through that make returns even more difficult?)
I don't know of any “reactor” that would do that. If they are using electrolysis, then the electricity consumed would probably take more energy to make than any savings from the Aquatune.
Dont waste your money.
Go for it.
The fact that a good percentage of FReepers cannot pass a high school science or economics test is no reason not to waste your money. Buy a few packs of Lucky Strikes while you are at it.
Drain your differentials, transfer case, and transmission. Convert to synthetic. You'll get that 25% mileage increase.
Drain your differentials, transfer case, and transmission. Convert to synthetic. You'll get that 25% mileage increase.
If it did, you wouldn’t have any doubts.
“The only thing you need to ask is this: given the intense pressure that car companies are under to increase fleet mileage, why didn’t they put it in, if it works so well”
Or. Why didn’t Exxon buy the patent and put it in the basement with all those 150mpg carbuerators they did away with in the 60’s and 70’s?
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