Re: Prolong Oil Treatment <<

[skerocdriver@juno.com (SHAWN C MEZE)]

On Fri, 19 Sep 1997 15:26:51 -0700 Iain Mannix <mannix@privatei.com>
writes:

>Appendageless reptilian lubricant?

Yeah, what he said! and I didn't even go to college to lurn them big
words! (Or proper grammar or anything.) 



>Heh, I'd really like to see a before & after dyno test of Prolong vs.
>normal oil.  I don't buy it, and that infomercial did nothing to sway me
-
>oh, lookie, they're dumping sand on the valvetrain.  It still runs!
>Amazing.  Sigh.  I find it hard to believe that an oil additive can
reduce
>internal friction ("add" horsepower) beyond that of a good engine oil.
>IMHO, of course, and if your engine runs for a long time to come, 
>great!


Speaking of infomercials, have any of you seen the "Motor Up"
infomercial?? That's the most hazardous thing ive ever seen. They get
these 2 white trash toothless, raspy voiced junk yard lifers to throw
some of their amazing product into a junk car and WHOOPIE!!! Look at that
car run now! Its amazing. The toothless one could only say, " that -beep-
is amazing", over and over again. Scratchy man says it made the car run
better and it now suddenly doesn't choke him out anymore..... (sigh) then
the leader of the morons (you could tell he was the leader because his
name was written on his shirt and it was a clean shirt too.) He goes onto
say how he could sell this car without any problem now where as before he
would be ashamed! WHAT??? Whatta gump if I ever saw one and they let him
speak on behalf of Motor Up?? SMART......

Then, my other favorite is the engine sound comparison. This is a good
one!! 

"Listen to the engine before the treatment"........
"brtbrtbrtbrtbrtbrbtrbtbrt". "Now listen to it after its been treated
with the amazing motor Up"! brtbrtbrtbrtbrtbrbtrbtbrt". 

Its the same friggin sound you morons you just turned the volume down a
little!! I cant believe these lame attempts to sell snake oil.....

Nobody on the list bought this motor up stuff after seeing the
commercial, did they?? (Would anybody admit to it even...) 

Rant session over...............................




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