WTF Is this all about

ste_bla · 31 Mar 2008 at 00:36

What the hell is this ebay lot about;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FUEL-SAVER-FO...yZ122139QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I take it, it doesnt work otherwise it would be standard?

SoliD · 31 Mar 2008 at 00:36

ste_bla said:
What the hell is this ebay lot about;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FUEL-SAVER-FO...yZ122139QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I take it, it doesnt work otherwise it would be standard?

you are quite right its a load of tosh.

Tom|Nbk · 31 Mar 2008 at 00:39

This is nearly as bad as those resistor chips which cost pennies and trick your car into over fueling and causing more harm than good

Load of complete crap.

ChoÞÞer · 31 Mar 2008 at 00:42

should he be postin all them email address? :confused:

Tom|Nbk · 31 Mar 2008 at 00:44

In any case it looks like they're selling

19bam66( 6 ) £6.95 1 27-Mar-08 19:46:38 GMT

eviegeorge07( 2 ) £6.95 1 28-Mar-08 08:19:48 GMT

marius7403( 6 ) £6.95 3 28-Mar-08 20:03:40 GMT

ben12109( 57) £6.95 1 29-Mar-08 11:05:59 GMT

james.shears( 29) £6.95 1 29-Mar-08 18:23:49 GMT

gortschool( 0 ) £6.95 1 30-Mar-08 17:24:47 BST

baxsu( 0 ) £6.95 10 30-Mar-08 21:46:15 BST

keving1441( 1 ) £6.95 1 30-Mar-08 22:55:02 BST

insane200 · 31 Mar 2008 at 00:53

any muppet that buys one doesnt deserve to have a car :rolleyes:

johnny6 · 31 Mar 2008 at 00:58

lol They had something like these on a TV program hosted by Quentin Wilson on saving fuel/money.

Fitted them to a womans 4X4, Quentin was all 'you saved yourself X pounds' and the woman gave him a funny look and told him it was probably down to her driving more economically during the test than the magnets.

Other ways of saving money on fuel according to the program

Using Super unleaded. Test completed in a car which wasn't designed to take advantage of super unleaded.

And

Getting some bloke to trade in his old golf for a brand new golf.

Both tests saved the drivers money apparantly. Can anyone else see the problem.

Skeeter · 31 Mar 2008 at 01:00

Mythbusters tested a whole range of supposed 'Fuel Saving' devices. None of them worked, some actually used more fuel!

mjt · 31 Mar 2008 at 01:00

ChoÞÞer said:
should he be postin all them email address?

i doubt they're real

gareth.e · 31 Mar 2008 at 01:29

OMG I WANT ONE!!!

but...

In engines with a carburetor a small adjustment will be required: after about 1000miles, increase amount of air and decrease amount of fuel coming into the carburetor as the fuel/air mix is now too rich due to magnetic conditioning of the fuel.

???

t e h 'magnetic conditioning' :rolleyes:

cheets64 · 31 Mar 2008 at 01:39

Q. Can the Turbomag give an extra boost?

A.YES. Everyone that has tried Turbomag has noticed more Horse Power. More power means less down shifting when climbing hills, which translates into better gas mileage.

What.

More power should mean more fuel as the engine is working harder.

complete BS

zain · 31 Mar 2008 at 01:55

Nothing to do with the product that makes it sell, the marketing is wonderful! No wonder people are fooled, though only the foolish buy them.

BigglesPiP · 31 Mar 2008 at 02:07

If it really saved fuel, then manufacturers would fir them.

In a similar way to, if the manafacturer put a washer there, it needs one, else they would have saved a few thousand £ over the production run.

Begbie · 31 Mar 2008 at 02:22

Rubbish, about as good as an electronic supercharger.

tigerstyle · 31 Mar 2008 at 02:25

I'm loving this:

During II World War German Air Forces -Luftwaffe, used magnetic rods positioned along fuel lines to reduce exhaust smokes from plaines engines and make them less visible to their enemies.

Sone · 31 Mar 2008 at 08:24

johnny6 said:
lol They had something like these on a TV program hosted by Quentin Wilson on saving fuel/money.

that show was bilge, that women in the mini was dead happy with saving £150 a year by buying a £12000 diesel

Meridian · 31 Mar 2008 at 08:33

thepedster said:
I'm loving this:

During II World War German Air Forces -Luftwaffe, used magnetic rods positioned along fuel lines to reduce exhaust smokes from plaines engines and make them less visible to their enemies.

Given some of the other lunatic theories coming out of Nazi Germany I actually believe they'd do something that silly. But it wouldn't work for that either.

It's very simple: petrol is completely non-magnetic so magnets will have no effect on it. You could strap the magnets of the LHC around the fuel lines and there'd still be no effect.

M

lordrobs · 31 Mar 2008 at 12:10

johnny6 said:
lol They had something like these on a TV program hosted by Quentin Wilson on saving fuel/money.

Fitted them to a womans 4X4, Quentin was all 'you saved yourself X pounds' and the woman gave him a funny look and told him it was probably down to her driving more economically during the test than the magnets.

Other ways of saving money on fuel according to the program

Using Super unleaded. Test completed in a car which wasn't designed to take advantage of super unleaded.

And

Getting some bloke to trade in his old golf for a brand new golf.

Both tests saved the drivers money apparantly. Can anyone else see the problem.

I saw that, complete waste of air time. The only one that really showed anything useful was the guy who changed his driving style and even that had a classic ending. "So simply by changing your driving style you could save £xxx per year. So are you going to continue with this" "No"

Peter Diffey · 31 Mar 2008 at 12:11

LMFAO

I found the best one guys.

If it's so good why not used by car industry?

less overheating as a limescale is removed from an engine

OllyM · 31 Mar 2008 at 14:42

They stole a load of pictures from the BP website too, maybe somebody should email BP and let them know