Snake oil products, or crap that we used to be offered...
Snake oil products, or crap that we used to be offered...
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DodgyGeezer

Original Poster:

45,124 posts

208 months

Monday 6th October
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we've all seen all manner of things sold to us as: increasing mpgs; increasing performance; etc etc turned out, obviously, to be total bks. What do you remember?


starter for 10...


shtu

3,988 posts

164 months

Monday 6th October
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On a simlar vein, the tin-pellets-in-a-bag that supposedly made leaded petrol unneccesary.

MDMA .

9,768 posts

119 months

Monday 6th October
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POIDH

2,178 posts

83 months

Monday 6th October
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Inbox

576 posts

4 months

Monday 6th October
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Holts Tyreweld.

Stuff never worked but somehow they managed to persuade car manufacturers to bin real spare wheels so we all have a can of false hope in the boot.

Kuwahara

1,291 posts

36 months

Monday 6th October
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No idea if they made any difference, never had a car with them but seemed popular 70’ early 80’s.

MesoForm

9,596 posts

293 months

Monday 6th October
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I remember Splitfire spark plugs being advertised in the back of Max Power, Fast Car and the like for ages, think they gave 2 sparks instead of one to burn off any unburnt fuel or some such nonsense.
Someone must’ve bought them!

Quhet

2,713 posts

164 months

Monday 6th October
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Inbox said:
Holts Tyreweld.

Stuff never worked but somehow they managed to persuade car manufacturers to bin real spare wheels so we all have a can of false hope in the boot.
I've not had joy with any tyre foam/puncture repair stuff whenever I've needed it in the past. Waste of time

Lester H

3,616 posts

123 months

Monday 6th October
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Quhet said:
Inbox said:
Holts Tyreweld.

Stuff never worked but somehow they managed to persuade car manufacturers to bin real spare wheels so we all have a can of false hope in the boot.
I've not had joy with any tyre foam/puncture repair stuff whenever I've needed it in the past. Waste of time
Quite so. Just buy a spare on line, or even a space saver. There are numerous unused spares ( presumably from write- offs ) available in popular sizes.

Geertsen

1,341 posts

77 months

Monday 6th October
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POIDH said:
OMG!...that’s frigging hilarious rofl

daqinggregg

5,088 posts

147 months

Tuesday
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Kuwahara said:


No idea if they made any difference, never had a car with them but seemed popular 70 early 80 s.
There were cars, which I guess the rake of the windscreen/scuttle caused wiper blade lift, however, the addition of pictured aero probably hastened the early demise of the ‘wiper motor.’

rodericb

8,221 posts

144 months

Tuesday
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Where I am: bits of black rope with a knot on the end, hung from bumpers of some cars but usually from the bull bars of Jeep Wranglers etc with giant wheels (and the rear mounted spare with no tyre), like this:



I believe they're to ward off evil spirits and Evil Eye and prevent colliding with an evil spirit when running red traffic lights.

IanH755

2,425 posts

138 months

Tuesday
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Ecotek valve which was a valve to fully burn fuel and increase both power and MPG yet in reality just introduced unmetered air after the AFM/MAS to lean out the mixture.


Mr-B

4,227 posts

212 months

Tuesday
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POIDH said:
First thing I thought of when I saw the thread title.

Alex_225

7,059 posts

219 months

Tuesday
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Might be a bit divisive but dealership applied coatings to bodywork! Products are likely fine but the chances of a dealership valeter having the time, tools and skill to prep a car for a 3+ year coating is slim.

No doubt exceptions but certainly the last time I was offered such a thing, it would have been £300+ wasted.

biggbn

28,238 posts

238 months

Tuesday
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Inbox said:
Holts Tyreweld.

Stuff never worked but somehow they managed to persuade car manufacturers to bin real spare wheels so we all have a can of false hope in the boot.
Always carry a can, never had any issues with it working. Only doesnt work on a dangerously gouged or gashed tyre, but then you'd not want to drive on one of those anyway, would you?

OverSteery

3,786 posts

249 months

Tuesday
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and still for sale, albeit a different content in the bottle now (No PTFE) since various legal decisions went against them...

Edited by OverSteery on Tuesday 7th October 11:49

ARH

1,279 posts

257 months

Tuesday
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Geertsen said:
POIDH said:
OMG!...that s frigging hilarious rofl
At least 50% of cars on the road in the 70's had one of these. The others had a jackup kit which made the straps too short smile

AlexGSi2000

575 posts

212 months

Tuesday
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mmm-five

11,888 posts

302 months

Tuesday
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Can we class this as a snake oil product...unfortunately the former is still being sold to gullible punters to this day.