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So I've seen these things on eBay...

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Cant find the auction now, but they're these magnetic thingamajigs you're supposed to clamp around your fuel lines and it polarises the molecules in your fuel, in theory helping to prevent 'clumping' and increasing your performance and efficiency.

My word, that was a long sentence.

Anybody know if these are BS?
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think you might as well clamp them around your penis for what good they are :shock:

think the general opinion is they are a crappy gimmick :P
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puggy wrote:think you might as well clamp them around your penis for what good they are :shock:
Sold!
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I have actually got one clamped around my penis and it's very good 8)

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:arrowu: :arrowu: :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy: :P :P
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Mmmmmmmm not sure about this one TBH. You can have the same sort of thing on your central heating system to stop the pipes furring up with scale - they seem to work. My ex-wife :cheesy: had one on her Fiesta back in the 80's and she swore :lol: lots and lots :lol: , but she did say that the car seemed better on juice and performance. Read into that what you like :o
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I've just seen this gizmo which supposedly does the same thing. It looks more like a biscuit cutter! :lol:
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Did you notice the quote from EPA? The seller has written the ad in such a way that you believe the biscuit cutter has been tested by them - WRONG!! The EPA have tested A vortex generator, but not this one. Now I wonder what the the one EPA tested looked like - a gingerbread man :lol:
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silly vortex hypa wotsit place wrote: Dealers cannot void your warranty just because you are trying to increase gas mileage
Yeah right! dealers would back out of a Warrenty claim if they noticed you left some unapproved boiled sweets in the glove compartment :lol:
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Naaaaaaa they would eat em and claim they were never there :lol:
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...or damage the sweets and say they were like that when you brought it in :(
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Or charge you for replacing them with fresh, new boiled sweets, only for you to discover they're the same old squishy ones...
teamster1975 wrote:It looks more like a biscuit cutter! :lol:
I wonder how many kids Welly'd have if he had that clamped on his penis :shock:
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steve_earwig wrote:I wonder how many kids Welly'd have if he had that clamped on his penis :shock:
Quite a few, but they'd look a bit like this.........
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Welton wrote:
steve_earwig wrote:I wonder how many kids Welly'd have if he had that clamped on his penis :shock:
Quite a few, but they'd look a bit like this.........
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I hope you wouldn't be giving birth to them Welly! :shock:
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