Re: FYI: Splitfires (fwd)

[kdbinney@juno.com (Kyle D Binney)]

Split fires actually reduce HP after a month or so, the plugs foul
between the split and give you reduced spark.  Bosch platinum plugs will
always be in my car.

Kyle

On Mon, 28 Apr 1997 13:35:04 -0600 (MDT) Iain Mannix
<mannix@privatei.com> writes:
>
>Dammit, this is a lie.  I love my splitfires.
>
>Mannix
>
>
>     From elsewhere on the web comes this copy:
>
>     SplitFire Settles FTC Charges:....The owners of SplitFire
>     branded spark plugs have agreed to settle Federal Trade
>     Commission charges that "economy, efficiency and improved
>     performance claims were false or unsubstantiated"  ...An
>     agreement with the FTC bars the company, splitFire inc.
>     (Northbrook Il.), controlled by Old World Trading, "from
>     making deceptive claims about fuel economy,
>     emissions,horsepower, or cost savings...(and) will be barred
>     from misrepresenting the results of tests, studies or
>     research and from misrepresenting testimonials"... the
>     agency alleged that the company "did not possess and rely
>     upon a reasonable basis to support the claims,  that  Split
>     fire's claims that
>     surveys confirm gas mileage increases were false; and that
>     SplitFire did not have a reasonable basis to claim that
>     (its) testimonials... reflect the typical or ordinary
>     experience of customers..."
>FYI:  Splitfires
>
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