Date:         Thu, 12 Dec 1996 18:15:50 -0800 (PST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Beth Young <young@sherlock.sims.berkeley.edu>
Subject:      Re: Increase in performance?? (long)


On Thu, 12 Dec 1996, Jeff Carver wrote:

> Matt posted:
> > In my pursuit to increase gas mileage I came across this item . It is a
> > device that fits over the fuel line that reduces emissions and increases gas
> > mileage. Is this a hoax or a scam???

If you flip through the JCW catalog a add up all the 10%, 20% 30%!!! fuel
savers they push, it's a wonder we're not all getting a hundred miles per
gallon!!!

What _I_ really like are all the "mechanic-in-a-can" pitches.  I'll never
have to do another ring or valve job in my life!!!!

On a personal note, a looooong time ago (like when I was in high school) when
I was working on my bug-eye sprite, I got a JCW catalog, and it was *Full*
of snake-oil pitches like these...(and the water pump I ordered for my sprite
was so bad I couldn't believe it was designed for my car)....SAVE YOUR MONEY!

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Tom Young              young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549   '81 Vanagon
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