Showing posts with label gadgets and snake oil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gadgets and snake oil. Show all posts
Sunday, March 19, 2023

clever snake oil product that made no claims hat could be disproven, AND had a money back guarantee.

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https://www.proxibid.com/Paxson-Auto-Sweeping-Compound-Round-Metal-Can/lotInformation/74619959 now I'm wondering what the stuff was they...
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Sunday, June 27, 2021

I've never heard of special valve stem oil before this

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https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-1067#post-13961288
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

So, I suspect these gimmics were possibly useful when guys balanced tires with a bubble, at home, in the barn... but must have been made obsolete with digital computer based wheel balancing machines

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Friday, January 08, 2016

Snake oil by any other name, if frequently tested and proven to have zero beneficial effect

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VX-6, produced by National Dynamics (originally of New York), and others like it, is actually cadmium that, in theory, is supposed to pr...
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Thursday, October 06, 2011

Heard of the Timken Extreme Pressure Bearing Oil test? I just learned it's useless in car engine oil tests, and was designed for gear lube and grease

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on http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=147342 they have written The problem with this 'test' is that it's not design...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Snake oil? (products that promise but don't deliver)

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