Snake oil?

[AdrianH]

I have a pet hate on certain things:-

• Selling 12 fans to turbo charge you engine.
• Boost fuel economy with Hydrogen cells from your battery
• Gold Coated Welding Lens, see the weld in it's true colours
• Anything else that’s pure pitch!

Adrian

 

[ajlelectronics]

WD-40, fuel catalysts, silver mains cables for £100 per metre, the list is endless.

 

[roofman]

I have a pet hate on certain things:-

• Selling 12 fans to turbo charge you engine.
• Boost fuel economy with Hydrogen cells from your battery
• Gold Coated Welding Lens, see the weld in it's true colours
• Anything else that’s pure pitch!

Adrian

self cleaning glass

 

[daleyd]

Anything on tv shopping channels.

I actually quite like wd40

 

[Jim Davey]

I like turtles

 

[daleyd]

I like turtles

Are they any good for squeaking hinges?

 

[skotl]

I like turtles

Are they any good for squeaking hinges?

If you can put a few small ones through a caulk gun, they come out nice and greasy

 

[Jim Davey]

I dunno but I squeezed one in a vice to see if there was Turtle wax inside and it didn't end well, it left awful streaks on the bonnet and was hell to buff off with mutton cloth, it's a no from me.

 

[AdrianH]

Not just me then!

Adrian

 

[Wendelspanswick]

Those little lead ingots that you are supposed to drop in your petrol tank if using unleaded!

 

[Wendelspanswick]

My daughter used to buy loads of different shampoos, normally recommended in some magazine, whatever happened to be the flavour of the month.
When I pointed out that it was all the same basic detergent with different colours and perfumes in and fancy containers she scoffed until I took her along as my 'apprentice' to do a job at a chemical works. She was shocked to see the different brands of shampoo all being produced on adjacent bottling lines including fabric conditioners and dog Shampoo's and they all started with the same detergent!
Now she just buys the basic stuff and says her hair is the same as its always been.
Me, I just use bar soap.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

My favourite will be well known amongst the Landy enthusiasts, the "hiclone". Basically a piece of tin that fits in the air intake to "agitate" the air thereby increasing oxygen content or some crap and making the engine more powerful and efficient

 

[brightspark]

My favourite will be well known amongst the Landy enthusiasts, the "hiclone". Basically a piece of tin that fits in the air intake to "agitate" the air thereby increasing oxygen content or some crap and making the engine more powerful and efficient

has it been proven on a dyno ?? a gizmo springs to mind

 

[Tinbasherdan]

It's a complete load of ******, last time I fid any tuning I'm fairly sure I spent ages porting and polishing to smooth the inlet air flow rather than disturbing it......

 

[skotl]

On that note, any exhaust that claims it will give >30% performance and fuel improvement hike.
And the "Tuning boxes" that simply advance the ignition.

 

[roofman]

The £9.99 single resistor that kids the ECU that the engine temp is low thus increasing fueling...sold as a "power chip"

 

[Kayos]

I agree on the silver plated mains cables, but the gold plated optical ones make me want to punch the sellers, it's an optical connection, so being gold won't make the slightest difference

 

[skotl]

"Directional" audio cables, including this quote that "All cables - yes all cables - have signal directionality. By 'directional' I mean that in one direction, the sound is slightly louder, has lower distortion, is cleaner, smoother, sweeter, and has a deeper bass and overall wider dynamic range"

Bollx.

 

[wristpin]

I was about to nominate a piece of wire mesh that was sold in the 50s and 60s to improve fuel economy but it appears that it worked!!
Allegedly !
http://mangoletsimanifolds.com/images/photos/petroleconomizer.pdf

 

[AdrianH]

Electric vehicles! being Green