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- Path: sparky!uunet!infonode!naomi!lester
- From: lester@naomi.b23b.ingr.com (Les Bartel)
- Subject: Re: The Gasaver: what's the deal
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.191826.7656@infonode.ingr.com>
- Sender: usenet@infonode.ingr.com (Usenet Administrator)
- Reply-To: lester@naomi.b23b.ingr.com
- Organization: Intergraph Corporation
- References: <12130062@hpmwga.sr.hp.com> <BxBE7K.54x@taligent.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 19:18:26 GMT
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- In article <BxBE7K.54x@taligent.com>, Todd O'Connor <todd_oconnor@taligent.com> writes:
- |> On the same theory as the "Gasaver" liquid is one that I saw at the local flea
- |> market. You install this small plug-in device between your distributor cap and coil
- |> wire. It supposedly increases your power, improves mileage, and some other really
- |> outrageous things that I can't remember now. (oh yea, you can start the car, in
- |> this case a V-8 with half, or more, of the sparkplug wires disconnected) Anyone
- |> seen or heard of this?
- |>
- |> My question is if these "snake-oil" remedies are so great why hasn't some
- |> manufacturer bought them out and included the device on their production cars?
- |> Until they do I'm not convinced enough by their fast talk.
- |>
- |> -tc
- |> todd_oconnor@taligent.com
-
- And I suppose you could put several of them in the coil wire to run a V-8
- on 1 cylinder and get 60 mpg out of that 4000 lb car, and not even notice
- any power loss. :-)
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