The
Los Angeles Times ran a new article on May 15th about
mileage boosting products and emission claims:
As Pump Prices Rise, So Do Iffy Ways to Boost Mileage
Drop a pill in your gas tank for better fuel efficiency?
Yeah, right, auto experts say.
By Michelle Keller, Times Staff Writer May 15, 2006
In a stuffy Marina del Rey hotel meeting room Thursday
night, Taylor Rivera spoke excitedly about a gas-saving
additive he'd discovered a few months before.
"I normally get 255 miles to the tank," said Rivera,
who drives a Porsche SUV. After popping the gas additive
BioPerformance Fuel into his tank several times, he
said, "my mileage jumped up to 305. I didn't research
it, but it worked for me, so I shared it with my friends."
Using colorful anecdotes, Rivera and three of his
friends who also were there to tout the product told
the small audience how they increased their mileage
10% to 30% using BioPerformance.
But neither Rivera nor his friends could explain
how BioPerformance Fuel lowered emissions or increased
gas mileage, citing only anecdotal evidence and referring
questions to the company's website. They could not
provide the corporate office's phone number - which
was also not available on the website - explaining
that the company does all of its business online.
