ok, so i see alot of times on ebay where they are selling a cheap "chip" or w/e for most of the cars out, yes there is one for the patriot and im sure its a scam but i just wanted to know more cause it says adds up to 20 mpg and 60 hp..
ebay scam?
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ok, so i see alot of times on ebay where they are selling a cheap "chip" or w/e for most of the cars out, yes there is one for the patriot and im sure its a scam but i just wanted to know more cause it says adds up to 20 mpg and 60 hp..
Save your money for a tank of fuel. Likewise for anythign that says it will increase fuel economy. If it were realyl possible for a vehicle to make such improvements, the OEM would have doen it. They have far more money to make by selling more powerful and fuel efficient vehicles than some Ebay loser.
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It just a bunch of horse hockey. It's as APT says. The OEMs would climb all over better gas mileage if it were true. When I read something like that I think of fortune tellers. If I was a fortune teller, I mean a real fortune teller, I would be spending my whole day at the racetrack rather than trying to entice suckers, er I mean customers.
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This is just "smoke and mirrors!"
Another thing...if you live in a county/state that requires frequent smog checks, these will cause your vehicle to be listed as a "gross polluter" and it does take time and effort to remove it from that category.
I believe like the rest of the posters--if it really made that big a difference, the manufacturer would have done it. Heavy Detroit iron may benefit for power--again due to the "de-rating" for CA smog and others. The latter isn't concerned about MPG, just HP!
Another thing...if you live in a county/state that requires frequent smog checks, these will cause your vehicle to be listed as a "gross polluter" and it does take time and effort to remove it from that category.
I believe like the rest of the posters--if it really made that big a difference, the manufacturer would have done it. Heavy Detroit iron may benefit for power--again due to the "de-rating" for CA smog and others. The latter isn't concerned about MPG, just HP!
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Me too. My head has been killing me for 3 days now. In fact, to show you how much it affected my thinking...
As I was reading through these posts, I didn't even catch the double negative at first. (well, either I blame the plugged-up sinuses or I admit to becoming senile..take your pick)
Quasi, your anecdote reminded me of one just like that from long ago:
A middle school teacher tells her students that the word SUGAR was the only word in the English language that has the "SH" sound while spelled with SU. A student raised his hand and asked "Are you sure?"
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