Barry:
I was at a Pennzoil distributor's meeting a couple of weeks ago where they
gushed about this
new product. It's like gasoline with the flammables taken out. Pennzoil reps
said they are
selling the product like hotcakes. That $25 gallon will take you about 10
miles. I too was
unimpressed with the product. Sounds like a lot of money to get you ten miles
further down
the road.
Jeff Johnson
'76 TR6
> ** Original Subject: RE: More ways to spend your money -
> ** Original Sender: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
> ** Original Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:51:17 -0500 (EST)
> ** Original Message follows...
>
> While I was at the local Pep Boys auto store to pick up my Delco oil filter
> For the Spitfire, I noticed that they now carry a NEW Delco brand, The
> Delco gold or some other such thing. The regular Delco is about $5 and
> this new, improved one is about $9. It has a synthetic filtering media
> among other things, that [they] say improves filtering. Nice graphics on
> the box to verify their claims, etc. Of course I bought one. . .It's kind
> of a nice black color, and will look better than the dark blue one on the
> car now :-) Everyone knows that black goes with everything right? Oh
> well, the Spit gets the best of everything, synthetic oil, Dot 5 brake
> fluid, why skimp on the filter!!
> Also, while perusing through one of the many publications I receive,
> because I'm apparently on some master list somewhere that must list me a
> some sucker that loves to by things by mail order, I noticed a product
> called Spare Tank. Hey, it doesn't cost me anything to look through them
> :-) Its purported to be a safe alternative to carrying around a gallon of
> gas for those "emergencies" when you run out of gas. Personally I think
> one should pay more attention to ones gas gauge but hey, stuff happens. .
> ..The ad also says "the formula is an organic and synthetic compound that
> works like gasoline but is not gasoline". "It's lead free, biodegradable,
> cannot harm any engine parts, and can be stored indefinitely". It also
> mentions that "it is non-flammable, and 100% safe to keep in your vehicle
> (if poured over burning matches it would extinguish them)". Of course we
> all know gasoline would do the same thing, provided the fumes didn't get in
> the way :-) At any rate, it make me wonder just what this stuff is? If
> it's non flammable how the heck does it *flame* in the combustion chamber??
> Although, I personally wouldn't pour this stuff in my tank - costs $25 and
> that doesn't include shipping - I heard that Penzoil also makes a similar
> product -
>
> I didn't buy either of those however -
>
> Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
>
> 72 PI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
> 70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
> 70 Spitfire (long term project)
>
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