Have You Ever Seen An Automotive "Miracle" Gadget That Actually Worked?

The claims for the Fuel Doctor FD-47 sound intriguing. Its packaging says it increases power and reduces emissions, and that “field tests show up to 25% more M.P.G.”

The company’s website says it achieves that “through power conditioning of the vehicle’s electrical systems” and by preventing electrical interference. A TV commercial claims that this “fuel-efficiency booster draws that interference, filters it, then sends back a more stable current.” And all you have to do is plug it into a car’s 12-volt power outlet. So why didn’t Ford or GM think of that?

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Joe_Limon - 12/7/2010 4:46:00 PM

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lmao! this one is almost as funny as this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Ded9eoxIM

Agent009 - 12/7/2010 4:53:15 PM

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There is a sucker born every minute...

Steve - 12/7/2010 5:55:33 PM

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For those readers who are old enough to remember, here are two more Urban Legends for your amusement:

(1) A school bus driver discovers a way to get 100 MPG in his school bus. The oil companies pay him off handsomely, buying all rights to the product, then shelve it, all to sell more gas.

(2) A man buys a car, and discovers accidentally that after a couple of weeks of driving it, he still doesn't need to fill it up, and the gas needle hasn't even budged! Shortly afterwards, two "men in black" show up, informing him that the car he has should never have been sold. They make him outrageous offers to buy the car back, but the owner declines. A few days later, the car is stolen. When the owner reports the car stolen to police and his insurance company, a member from the insurance company drops by the same day with a check.

Riiiiiiiiiiiight (in my best Dr. Evil voice).

Yes indeed, auto companies with billions of dollars behind them in research and development are designing engines so sub-optimally, are deliberately (or inadvertently?) compromising ALL facets -- power, fuel economy, and emissions -- in such a way that a high-school student can easily figure out how to get increases in all beneficial characteristics, with no drawbacks!

I think I'll wait until after the "tipping point" before I start paying attention to this :-)

528i - 12/7/2010 6:45:57 PM

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I'm about to buy one............NOTTT!!!

theoptimisticpessimist - 12/7/2010 8:48:47 PM

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Hey don't make fun on my 100 mpg carburetor!

geoff448 - 12/7/2010 9:33:22 PM

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I dont know how people can be so gullable. Car companies are already pulling out all the stops to make their cars as fuel efficient as possible. If they could increase the MPG that easily.. they would have done it.

t_bone - 12/8/2010 8:38:23 AM

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I really wanted to believe in Slick 50.

Agent009 - 12/8/2010 10:36:04 AM

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So that turbonator supercharger won't give me 50 more HP? Think I can get my $29.95 plus shipping back?

Whelan - 12/8/2010 3:07:21 PM

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Didn't Z-Max get sued for actually being harmful to your engine. That and the Vornado make me piss myself laughing.