Magnets, apple corers and other fuel saving devices

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> Popular Mechanics (for years one of the worst ways to spend a few bucks on a
> magazine) must
> have some new management. There are actually some articles that are worth
> reading , rather than
> the magazine just being a buyers look at new products.
>
> Anyway, they did dyno testing in Houston on several of the 'wonder' products
> including the
> ubiquitous magnetic devices, the Tornado apple corer and fuel saver, vapor
> induction, etc
> and as we all might have suspected, none of these idiots delights did
> anything positive. Total
> waste of money.

At one time didn't PM run advertisements for some of these fuel
extenders and other miracle products?

That is a useful article, although for most of us it proves the
obvious. I only hope the crowd that would be taken in by such snake
oil pitches would also read PM.



>
> Maybe if we urged them, they would actually test oil and air filters and
> give a more or less scientific
> opinion.

"John S." > wrote in message
oups.com...

> At one time didn't PM run advertisements for some of these fuel
> extenders and other miracle products?
>
> That is a useful article, although for most of us it proves the
> obvious. I only hope the crowd that would be taken in by such snake
> oil pitches would also read PM.

PM ran a bunch of snakeoil ads of all types. I noticed that in this issue
the classified ad section in the back of the magazine was very very
small.

I hope this is a trend toward a quality magazine, since the recent years
of both Popular Science and Popular Mechanics have been worthless.

I cannot understand why no one has filed suit against these people,
since it is clear they are bilking the public, the products are worthless,
and the claims are false.

> wrote in message
m...
> I cannot understand why no one has filed suit against these people,
> since it is clear they are bilking the public, the products are worthless,
> and the claims are false.

I dont mean PM or PS. I mean the purveyors of worthless mileage gadgets.
Sorry
for the change in the line of thought.