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1. Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 23:12:29 -0000; Hi Folks Have any of you come across this brand before, any heads up on it, we were sent this as secretaries of the club and want to know if there are any good reasons for believing this? A lot of th; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00096.html (10,868 bytes)
2. Re: Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 17:43:01 -0800; I'm of the belief that if this really worked, the major oil companies would be putting it into every quart they sold. /// triumphs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/m; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00104.html (8,241 bytes)
3. Re: Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 20:11:30 -0700; When I got to the part about reducing static electricity 98%, I did a quick Google search. This might explain the big marketing push in the UK: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1999/9909/prolong.htm Sounds lik; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00106.html (8,571 bytes)
4. RE: Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 19:49:07 -0800; Graham, suggest you check out http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1999/9909/prolong.htm Basically, the US Federal Trade Commission found Prolong's claims to be "unsubstantiated", ie worthless. Their current adve; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00108.html (8,178 bytes)
5. Re: Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 22:02:52 -0600; It's funny that the FTC has a commisioner named Swindle. I guess that's your tax dollars at work. Michael /// triumphs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00109.html (8,143 bytes)
6. Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 08:17:28 -0500; I thought this kind of advertising ended about 100 years ago. Can you say "snake oil"? I'm sure this is all baloney - I live in North America and have never heard of any engine with a lifetime guaran; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00112.html (8,371 bytes)
7. Re: Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 08:53:44 -0500; heard == About 20/25 years back "Wynns Oil Co." in the US advertised a lifetime warranty on your engine if you used their additives & oil with every oil change, and used their gas additives also, th; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00113.html (9,281 bytes)
8. RE: Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 11:49:10 -0500; Is that one of those warranties where they "guarantee it until it breaks" ;^) Mark Hooper heard == About 20/25 years back "Wynns Oil Co." in the US advertised a lifetime warranty on your engine if y; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00119.html (9,505 bytes)
9. Re: Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 13:42:06 -0500; You've made a fundamental mistake. Snake oil isn't meant to be a be a lubricant, at least not for normal things. Q: What do you use snake oil for? A: To oil a snake. Just my two cents (kept firmly in; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00125.html (8,487 bytes)
10. Re: Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 19:09:45 +0000 FILETIME=[81ED3FA0:01C2B749]; Then "serpentine" would be... "snake thinner"? Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois 1962 TR4 (CT4852L) That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory... _____________________________________; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00129.html (8,367 bytes)
11. Re: Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:48:50 -0500; I've read about Prolong. I'm no chemist but it seems that chlorine is an often used compound for protection in extreme pressure situations. It is (or was) used in aviation. Problem is that chlorine i; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00149.html (8,436 bytes)
12. Re: Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 17:46:39 -0500; Message text written by "Michael Hutchinson" your tax dollars at work. < That's our new "Truth in Government" program. Dave /// triumphs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00165.html (8,229 bytes)
13. Re: Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 08:36:08 -1000; I beleive that Orsen Swindle was a pilot and Prisoner Of War alogn with Sen McCaiin during the Viet Nam War. scott s.; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00359.html (8,296 bytes)
14. RE: Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 13:47:50 -0800; For some 6 1/2 years ! And in spite of his amusing name, it's a shame he was passed over for the position of FTC chairman. Seems he has a handicap known as a spine ... Randall /// triumphs@autox.tea; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00368.html (7,859 bytes)
15. Re: Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 18:37:30 -0500; Message text written by "scott s." alogn with Sen McCaiin during the Viet Nam War. < I'm sure that this is not the first time some one has had a little joke about his name. As my friend Joe Fink once; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00373.html (8,022 bytes)
16. Re: Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 20:57:51 -0600; Did Joe ever explain how the name became a pejorative? When you trace it all the way back, it is because the people in question were law-abiding. Not exactly something to be ashamed of, I say. Give; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00438.html (8,669 bytes)
17. Re: Oil Treatment question (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 09:30:57 -0500; Message text written by "Phil Ethier" all the way back, it is because the people in question were law-abiding. Not exactly something to be ashamed of, I say. Give your buddy Joe a "thumbs up" for me.; /html/triumphs/2003-01/msg00460.html (8,356 bytes)

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