Jump to content
  • GUESTS

    If You  want access  to member only forums on FM, You will need to Sign-in or  Sign-Up now .

    This box will disappear once you are signed in as a member.

  • 0

Product that is SUPPOSSED to get you better mileage


markzeke

Question

I was wondering if anybody else had heard of ca40? It seems that the price is reasonable enough but there must be a million of these items out there.

[please read forum policy before posting again, thank you]

Link to comment
Share on other sites

22 answers to this question

Recommended Posts

  • 0

I've heard of it before, what was that name.... oh yea! Snake oil, thats it!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

Never heard of it until now.

Miracle mileage enhancer products have come and gone and some seem to linger around. My gut feeling is this is just another one of those things where the only "miracle" is the electronic transfer of money from your bank account into theirs.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

The only product in a bottle that impresses me is Leinenkugel Red, but I don't think it will improve any mileage. grin.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

If any of this stuff really worked, the car manufacurers would be putting it in. It would be a very cheap way for them to raise their CAFE numbers to keep the government happy.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

Quote:

The only product in a bottle that impresses me is Leinenkugel Red, but I don't think it will improve any mileage.
grin.gif


What do you mean Valv? Every time I drink it I end up going Put Put... a little wind has got to help mileage grin.gif

marine_man

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

One thing to keep in mind about all of the mileage incresing do-dads or the "make your engine last forever" additives.

Don't you think if they really worked that the manufacturers would use them?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

Hey Valv, One study has found the average American walks 900 miles per year, another study found we drink a average of 22 gallons of beer per year, therefore we average 41 mpg, not too bad . HTB grin.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

Quote:

Hey Valv, One study has found the average American walks 900 miles per year, another study found we drink a average of 22 gallons of beer per year, therefore we average 41 mpg, not too bad . HTB
grin.gif


Great study, but I have a V10 so my mpg is lower... grin.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

Hey guys, this thread going off topic, please stay with subject or start a new one in the proper section.

Thank you

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

Quote:

Quote:

Don't you think if they really worked that the manufacturers would use them?


no then they would build themselves out of work.

same goes for the contractors that rebuild roads if they did them totally right. in ten years they would be out of work. with good roads all around they would have alot of expensive, not needed equipment, sitting in the lot. it just amazes me that there are roads in europe that are over fifty years old and have not been touched since they were put down. my two cents worth. ... paul


Get real.

If civil engineers know that it can be done, then they will hold thier contractors to that standard.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

Quote:

Quote:

Don't you think if they really worked that the manufacturers would use them?


no then they would build themselves out of work.

same goes for the contractors that rebuild roads if they did them totally right. in ten years they would be out of work. with good roads all around they would have alot of expensive, not needed equipment, sitting in the lot. it just amazes me that there are roads in europe that are over fifty years old and have not been touched since they were put down. my two cents worth. ... paul


You really have no idea do you, we could have roads like that... but I hope your the one footing the bill.

Sorry guys diddn't want to get off topic, but I build roads for a living. mad.gif

Regards,

Booth

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

Getting back to miles per gallon (of Beer)... I think based on your formula I would get about 4 miles to a gallon. Ha.

Owwww I made myself feel bad.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

Jeeez you guys. This is one of the oldest scams in the history of the internal combustion engine! Ha! You'll notice they often claim improvements that are right at the edge of being difficult to measure without scientific instruments. I heard a few minutes of a big dummies radio program the other day and he had fallen hook, line and sinker for this silliness.

But hey!...it's YOUR money. grin.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

I think these things all work on the placebo effect. You put the gunk in your engine, then start watching your mileage. Subconsciously you start easing up on the gas a little, coasting a little more to a stop. Then you say, "Hey the stuff works! I'm getting better mileage!"

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

Quote:

You really have no idea do you, we could have roads like that... but I hope your the one footing the bill.

Sorry guys diddn't want to get off topic, but I build roads for a living.


sorry i knew when i posted this i would get a reply as such. and not to get off topic. but i and we do foot the bill. in the enormous taxes we pay. all i am saying is.... when you see a road crew putting down asphault in the pouring rain you know that next spring there will be delamination of this road. i can show you many spots on many roads where this has happened. all i am saying is that if it were done right the first time it would not have to be redone in ten years. i am truely sorry i stepped on your toes. there should be tighter standards and more accounting for jobs done. i can show you a patch of hiway 7 west of the cities that they did a b.s. patch job on last year it took them almost three weeks to scrape down patch material. and after the long hot summer sun had beat down onit for three months, it is worse than it was before they started. again i say DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME! sorry thats my rant for now. hope you all have a great day. and can take pride of your work. i do have the most respect for those who are doing the road work cause we could be driving on gravell roads like they do in third world countrys. i am just tired of paying my dentist to replace the fillings that have rattled out. ... paul

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

Highway 7! Yes that had to be re-done, I've driven on that highway and seen the road work.

I also know that there are other things that our road crew can't control. Nature's elements. Some crazy heat expansion and cold weather contraction, water under the tarmac and voila, broken asphalt. Especially that section of the highway wher both 35's merges. It's crazy how a road bumb appears overnight. One day I see a crack line, next day may car is jumping and I need a new wheel alignment.

Some of the craziest thing done on this highway was once they dug out a few section of it and resurfaced a driveway patch of it. It looked great right after it was finished. Then rain comes. Next thing I know there's a huge sink hole right where my wheel would go into. Guess what, I needed to get new shocks/struts after that. A pot hole is one thing, but more than 6 inches deep is like a sink hole. Well the great Minnesota country is just like this...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0
  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Creators

Quote:


Hey Valv, One study has found the average American walks 900 miles per year, another study found we drink a average of 22 gallons of beer per year, therefore we average 41 mpg, not too bad . HTB
grin.gif


Results may vary!

I read a somewhere that using acetone as a fuel additive increased MPG. Before you go out an try it know your risks by throughly researching the topic.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

Quote:

Quote:

You really have no idea do you, we could have roads like that... but I hope your the one footing the bill.

Sorry guys diddn't want to get off topic, but I build roads for a living.


sorry i knew when i posted this i would get a reply as such. and not to get off topic. but i and we do foot the bill. in the enormous taxes we pay. all i am saying is.... when you see a road crew putting down asphault in the pouring rain you know that next spring there will be delamination of this road. i can show you many spots on many roads where this has happened. all i am saying is that if it were done right the first time it would not have to be redone in ten years. i am truely sorry i stepped on your toes. there should be tighter standards and more accounting for jobs done. i can show you a patch of hiway 7 west of the cities that they did a b.s. patch job on last year it took them almost three weeks to scrape down patch material. and after the long hot summer sun had beat down onit for three months, it is worse than it was before they started. again i say DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME! sorry thats my rant for now. hope you all have a great day. and can take pride of your work. i do have the most respect for those who are doing the road work cause we could be driving on gravell roads like they do in third world countrys. i am just tired of paying my dentist to replace the fillings that have rattled out. ... paul


quote]

Quote:

Don't you think if they really worked that the manufacturers would use them?


no then they would build themselves out of work.

same goes for the contractors that rebuild roads if they did them totally right. in ten years they would be out of work. with good roads all around they would have alot of expensive, not needed equipment, sitting in the lot. it just amazes me that there are roads in europe that are over fifty years old and have not been touched since they were put down. my two cents worth. ... paul


You really have no clue do you! How bout the guy that built your house? If he does it right it will last so why not cut corners, house falls down then he builds you a new one.

Seriously though the contractor has no say in how the roads get built the Engineer does. The roads have to be done to engineer specks. If not money is withheld. On the same note I've seen roads rebuilt with specs that I know wont hold up but the city or the (customer) is out of money. Should the contractor pay the extra $$$ to make it right sometimes costing several hundreds of thousands of dollars? Would you pay that out of your pocket? Short answer no. Do what the contract says and that's it. That's what stinks about my job, in the end when the road is junk its always that damm contractor.

One other note, I have never been to Europe but I do know there is not to many places that have freeze thaw cycles like we do and that will tear apart a road in no time not to mention the chemicals we put down to keep them ice free.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

Hey guys, this thread is going off topic, please stay with subject or start a new one in the proper section.

Thank you

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

The only product I know that makes your vehicle faster and gets you better milage is chrome. Put chrome on a car and holy moly instant performance. wink.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.


  • Your Responses - Share & Have Fun :)

    • leech~~
      Nope not me.  May want to go nextdoor and ask around?  
    • smurfy
      Looks to me like Leech brought his chair home!!😅😆
    • Brianf.
      I'm not there, so I can't tell exactly what's going on but it looks like a large area of open water developed in the last day with all of the heavy snow on the east side of wake em up Narrows. These two photos are from my Ring Camera facing north towards Niles Point.  You can see what happened with all of snow that fell in the last three days, though the open water could have been wind driven. Hard to say. .  
    • SkunkedAgain
      Black Bay had great ice before but a few spots near rockpiles where there were spots of open water. It looks like the weight of the snow has created a little lake in the middle of the bay.  
    • LakeofthewoodsMN
      On the south end...   Thanks to some cold spring weather, ice fishing continues strong for those still ice fishing.  The bite remains very good.  Most resorts have pulled their fish houses off for the year, however, some still have fish houses out and others are allowing ATV and side by sides.  Check social media or call ahead to your favorite resort for specifics. Reports this week for walleyes and saugers remain excellent.   A nice mix of jumbo perch, pike, eelpout, and an occasional crappie, tullibee or sturgeon being reported by anglers. Jigging one line and using a live minnow on the second line is the way to go.  Green, glow red, pink and gold were good colors this week.     Monster pike are on a tear!  Good number of pike, some reaching over 45 inches long, being caught using tip ups with live suckers or dead bait such as smelt and herring in 8 - 14' of water.   As always, work through a resort or outfitter for ice road conditions.  Safety first always. Fish houses are allowed on the ice through March 31st, the walleye / sauger season goes through April 14th and the pike season never ends. On the Rainy River...  The river is opened up along the Nelson Park boat ramp in Birchdale, the Frontier boat ramp and Vidas boat ramp.  This past week, much of the open water skimmed over with the single digit overnight temps.   Areas of the river have popped open again and with temps getting warmer, things are shaping up for the last stretch through the rest of the spring season, which continues through April 14th.   Very good numbers of walleyes are in the river.  Reports this week, even with fewer anglers, have been good.  When temps warm up and the sun shines, things will fire up again.   Jigs with brightly colored plastics or jigs with a frozen emerald shiner have been the desired bait on the river.  Don't overlook slow trolling crankbaits upstream as well.   Good reports of sturgeon being caught on the river as well.  Sturgeon put the feed bag on in the spring.  The bite has been very good.  Most are using a sturgeon rig with a circle hook loaded with crawlers or crawlers / frozen emerald shiners. Up at the NW Angle...  Ice fishing is winding down up at the Angle.  Walleyes, saugers, and a number of various species in the mix again this week.  The bite is still very good with good numbers of fish.  The one two punch of jigging one line and deadsticking the second line is working well.   Check with Angle resorts on transport options from Young's Bay.  Call ahead for ice road guidelines.  
    • CigarGuy
      With the drifting, kind of hard to tell for sure, but I'm guessing about a foot and still lightly snowing. Cook end!
    • PSU
      How much snow did you get on Vermilion? 
    • Mike89
      lake here refroze too...  started opening again yesterday with the wet snow and wind...  very little ice left today...
    • Hookmaster
      A friend who has a cabin between Alex and Fergus said the lake he's on refroze. He texted me a pic from March 12th when it was open and one from 23rd when it wasn't. 🤯
    • SkunkedAgain
      I don't think that there has been any ice melt in the past few weeks on Vermilion. Things looked like a record and then Mother Nature swept in again.   I'll give my revised guess of April 21st
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.