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- From: hlin@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (hua.t.lin)
- Subject: Re: Slick 50
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:02:53 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.220253.6046@cbnewsi.cb.att.com>
- References: <BzxMJn.EnA@ecf.toronto.edu> <7750189@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
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- In article <7750189@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> vlj@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Victor Johnson) writes:
- >>Stephen Early writes:
- >> 1. Many people feel S50 works because their gas milege went up or their
- >> vehicle has better acceleration or their vehicle starts easier.
- >
- > Placebo effect.
- >
- >> 2. Many people feel S50 does nothing good or bad but is simply a waste of
- >> money.
- >
- > Read the August 1991 issue of Road Rider (Motorcycle Consumer News)
- > article called "Snake Oil".
- >
- >> 3. Many people feel S50 harms the vehicle by blocking oil passages, oil
- >> filters or some other undesireable effect.
- >>
- >> SUMMARY
- >>
- >> No one has yet supplied any documentation that S50 does damage.
- >
- > Again, read the RR article.
- >
- >> Some have supplied documentation that S50 does work.
- >
- > Odd. The RR guys couldn't find ANY.
- >
- >> Some have argued quite convincingly that S50 cannot work.
- >>
- >> OPINION
- >>
- >> As a former S50 user I wouldn't spend the money. Instead, just change
- >> your oil at regular intervals and perform regular maintenence.
- >>
- >> Steve
- >
- > I share Steve's opinion. The most effective lubrication job S50 does
- > is sliding $$s out of your pocket and not much more.
- >
- > Cheers,
- > Victor "Dances with Hydrodynamics" Johnson
- > ------------------------------------------
- >
-
- I don't believe S50 claims to improve gas mileage, at least not on its bottle.
- All that it claims to do is reduce engine wear at startup. What does RR say
- about that?
- I recently bought a similar product by T-plus at about $11 compared with
- S50's $18 at the same store. (Have used S50 on one car, planning to use
- T-plus on another).
- Personally, I thought the car accelerated slower and rougher just after
- oil change, with S50. Usually, I can feel the car accelarate smoother
- and faster after an oil change.
- - HTL
-