Saturday, Jul 09, 2005 at 00:20
Bill, I'd much rather be a
well informed sceptic. If you bothered to read the whole site it's a
well researched rebuttal of most of the "fuel saving" devices foisted upon us in recent years. In my opinion Fitch is just another to arrive in a blaze of glory only to promise a false dawn.
I find a healthy dose of scepticism is a prerequisite whenever these devices rear their heads.
The so called dyno
test on TV the other night was a complete farce, who set the parameters? What temperatures were the cars run at? Was one directly from a cold start while the other was at normal operating temperature? Where the tyre pressures adjusted? What mode was the dyno set at? If a dyno dynamics dyno. Was it in shootout mode? If not, these dyno's can be fudged by simply changing the ramp rate with one flick of a switch.
I'll be waiting with baited breath for your comments about Fitch in 6 or 12 months time when all the hype has died down and the next greatest thing since sliced bread is on the market.
Regards Andrew. ps: (I've got transitions lenses in my glasses, not rose coloured ones)
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