Motor-up(or down?)

Kokeilin kerran:öljynpaineet katosivat.Vanhat
öljyt motor-up pois, uudet tilalle ja taas pelasi.

Kokeile ihmeessä!!! Tosi hyvä aine, ite kaadoin
sitä litratolkulla uuteen bemu m3 seen. Kyllä
kannatti.

Ei ole kokemuksia kyseisestä tökötistä, mutta jos
se todella on niin mullistava keksintö, että
esim. puutarha letkullakin voi ruiskuttaa vettä
suoraan käynnissä olevaan moottoriin, niin miksei
kyseistä tuotetta kaupata muualla kuin jossain Tv-
Shopissa? Tai miksi vastaavaa "mullistavaa"
keksintöä ole muut valmistajat keksineet tai
jäljitelleet? Täyttä paska puhetta koko juttu,
voin sanoa.

TM:ssä oli joskus aikoinaan testi MotorUp vs
Normaali koneöljy.

Eroa ei löytynyt paitsi 1000mk litra.

Olen käyttänyt vanhaan bemariini ja rupes
nakuttamaan kahta kauheemmin viikko sen jälkeen
kansipahvi paloi.....en suosittele ihan Baskaa
kamaa...huijausta koko juttu..........

...että idea ko. tuotteiden markkinoinnille on
se, että USA:ssa on 280 miljoonaa (?) ihmistä.
Jos saat hyvällä mainoksella esim. joka 280.
ihmisen ostamaan ko. tuotteen olet myynyt niitä
jo miljoona tuotetta. Jos tuote maksaa vaikka
29,99$ kappaleelta, niin olet myynyt "shittiä"
noin 30 miljoonan taalan arvosta, vaikka kukaan
ei ikinä ostaisi sitä toista kertaa. Tästä
summasta kun vähentää markkinoinnit sun muut,
niin todennäköisesti ihan hyvä siivu jää vielä
taskunkin pohjalle. Sitten vaan rahat jemmaan ja
karkuun!!
Luulen, että monet
amerikkalaiset "menestystarinat" perustuvat
samaan ideaan!

kaiken pahan lisäksi aine tukkii öljynsuodattimen.

Se on ihan varma juttu että jos otetaan kunnossa
olevasta moottorista öljypohja pois ja annetaan
sen pyöriä tyhjäkäyntiä niin se pyörii 10-30min
ilman suurempia kolinoita, jos vielä laakeripesät
ensin avataan ja laitetaan vaikkapa vaseliiniä
liukupinnoille kestää pyörittää jopa enemmän.
Tyhjäkäynnillä kun tuo kuorma ei ole kovin suuri.
Kaveri kokosi moottorin, unohti öljynimuputken
ja ajoi 15km (ei uskonut merkkivaloa) ennen kuin
laakeri narskahti.

Voin myös ottaa autostani moottorin, viedä sen
kylmiöön (-5C ja hengitys jo huuruaa eikä jää
sula) ja kasata sen ympärille jäätä älyttömän
kasan (huomaa mainoksessa jää "tiilet"), niin
eiköhän lähde ihan kertastartilla pyörimään.

Joten täyttä paskaa koko mainos. Mutta tunteeko
kukaan näitä F4 formula miehiä jotka mainostavat
ko. ainetta? Onko kukaan nähnyt todistettavasti
heidän laittavan kyseistä "ainetta" moottoriin?
Toki ottaisin hyvät rahat itsekkin ja
mainostaisin "laatutuotetta"!

Vanha sanontahan on; "ei se ole hullu joka
pyytää, vaan se joka maksaa"!!

For Release: April 14, 1999
FTC Charges Marketer, Infomercial Maker;

Claims That "Motor Up" Oil Additive Reduces
Engine Wear By 50% Were Unsubstantiated

In an ongoing campaign targeting ads that tout
motor oil additives with deceptive claims that
they reduce engine wear or extend engine life
compared to motor oil alone, the FTC has charged
the seller of Motor Up Engine Treatment with
making unsubstantiated and deceptive advertising
claims, in violation of federal laws. Motor Up
Corporation and its principal, Kyle Burns, face
an administrative trial.

In addition to issuing the complaint, the
Commission forwarded a recommendation that the
Department of Justice file a civil penalty
complaint against National Media Corporation, the
firm that produced and placed the Motor Up
infomercials, for alleged violations of a 1993
Commission order arising from allegations of
deceptive infomercial advertising for other
products. The FTC recommended that the Department
file a proposed consent decree that would provide
for an injunction against future order violations
and a civil penalty of $100,000. National Media
is now called e4L.

The FTC has previously halted allegedly deceptive
ads for Valvoline Engine Treatment, Slick 50
Engine Treatment and STP Engine Treatment.

According to the FTC, labeling, packaging,
Internet Website ads and other ads -- including
infomercials prepared and placed by National
Media Corporation for Motor Up -- carried claims
such as:

"Compared to a leading motor oil, Motor Up has
eleven times the anti-wear agents;"
". . .seventy times more extreme pressure agents
which dramatically reduce wear and tear under
severe conditions"; and
"We wanted scientific proof that Motor Up reduces
wear and tear on your engine by up to fifty
percent . . . "
Demonstrations proved that Motor Up prevents
corrosion in engines, reduces engine wear and
helps prevent engine breakdowns.
The agency alleges that the ads represent that,
compared to motor oil alone, Motor Up reduces
engine wear as much as 50 percent; reduces
adhesive engine wear by up to 90.17 percent;
reduces engine wear during cold starts; extends
engine life and helps prevent engine breakdowns.
The ads also represent that Motor Up prevents
corrosion; won't drain out of the engine, even
when the oil is changed; protects engines for up
to 50,000 miles; and protects against wear even
without motor oil, according to the complaint.
The FTC alleges that the companies did not
possess or rely on competent evidence to
substantiate the claims, and therefore the claims
are deceptive. In addition, the infomercial
demonstrations that were used to "prove" Motor Up
reduces engine wear, prevents corrosion and helps
prevent engine breakdowns, do not "prove,
demonstrate or confirm" those claims, the FTC
alleges, and the claims are false. Finally,
claims that "tests prove" that compared to motor
oil alone, Motor Up reduces engine wear by up to
50 percent are false, the FTC alleges.

In an administrative trial, the FTC will seek to
bar Motor Up Corporation, Inc., Motor Up America,
Inc., and Kyle Burns from making unsubstantiated
claims about the performance, benefits, efficacy,
attributes or use of Motor Up or any other
product for use in a motor vehicle and specific
claims made in the past for Motor Up. In
addition, it will seek to prohibit
misrepresentations about the existence, contents,
validity, results, conclusions or interpretation
of any test or study in connection with the
marketing of any product for use in a motor
vehicle. Finally, it will seek to prohibit
misrepresentations that demonstrations,
experiments, illustrations or tests prove the
superiority or comparability of a product.

The Commission vote to issue the complaint was 4-
0.


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NOTE: The Commission issues a complaint when it
has "reason to believe" that the law has been or
is being violated, and it appears to the
Commission that a proceeding is in the public
interest. The complaint is not a finding or
ruling that the respondents actually have
violated the law. The issuing of a complaint
marks the beginning of an administrative trial
process.

Copies of the complaint and a free, FTC
brochure, "The Low-Down on High Octane
Gasoline,"are available from the FTC's web site
at http://www.ftc.gov and also from the FTC's
Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20580; 202-FTC-HELP (202-382-4357); TDD for the
hearing impaired 202-326-2502. To find out the
latest news as it is announced, call the FTC
NewsPhone recording at 202-326-2710.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Claudia Bourne Farrell,
Office of Public Affairs
202-326-2181

STAFF CONTACT:
Robert M. Frisby or Mary K. Engle,
Bureau of Consumer Protection
202-326-2098 or 202-326-3161
(FTC File No. 972-3034)
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