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One_Life_To_Give Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-07-06 01:21 PM
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In the first week of using Ethos, the mileage dropped from 20.9 to 16.7 miles per gallon -- more than a 20 percent decrease. Champion said the driving habits were the same as before he added Ethos.

Overall, the mileage with Ethos was about 18 miles per gallon under the same driving conditions. That's almost 3 fewer miles to the gallon than without Ethos.

//www.ketv.com/newsarchive/9449313/detail.html

We put it in our news truck and pumped it full of gas. We followed the instructions and put it in our oil. Then we went for a drive. We did this three times. First with just regular unleaded to get a base mileage and then twice with the Ethos. After our first fill-up we got our base miles per gallon. After the first tank with Ehtos we lost mileage by a little more than one percent, but the second tank recovered giving us an overall increase 1.5 percent. We did our best to recreate a realistic driving experience. We followed the Ethos instructions and we put roughly the same amount of gas in the tank at every fill-up, but again our test showed just a 1.5 percent increase.
www.wane.com/Global/story.asp?S=5040557&nav=0RYb



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Gas prices are up, and so is the volume of advertising for "gas-saving" products. When gasoline prices rise, consumers often look for ways to improve fuel efficiency. Although there are practical steps you can take to increase gas mileage, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns you to be wary of any gas-saving claims for automotive devices or oil and gas additives. Even for the few gas-saving products that have been found to work, the savings have been small.
www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/autos/gasave.htm


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