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From: ARWadsworth on 4 Jul 2010 13:56
Do they really work?

My 15 year old Honda is now getting less mpg than it did last year.

It usually only does short journeys and sometimes is parked up for 6 weeks
at a time.

Would giving it a good blast (at full throttle) one night/early morning for
say 50 miles on the M1 do it any good?

Cheers

Adam



From: Nick Finnigan on 4 Jul 2010 14:51
ARWadsworth wrote:
>
> Would giving it a good blast (at full throttle) one night/early morning for
> say 50 miles on the M1 do it any good?

I think an Italian tune up needs a bit more variety than that, and some
good hills and bends help to get the brakes performing properly too.
Do the obvious checks to tyres etc. first though.
From: Ed Chilada on 4 Jul 2010 19:31
On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 18:56:17 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
<adamwadsworth(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>Do they really work?
>
>My 15 year old Honda is now getting less mpg than it did last year.
>
>It usually only does short journeys and sometimes is parked up for 6 weeks
>at a time.
>
>Would giving it a good blast (at full throttle) one night/early morning for
>say 50 miles on the M1 do it any good?

Surely you'll go through more petrol doing that than you're ever
likely to recoup in an MPG increase?

From: NM on 5 Jul 2010 04:33
On 5 July, 00:31, Ed Chilada <nos...(a)nospam.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 18:56:17 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
>
> <adamwadswo...(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> >Do they really work?
>
> >My 15 year old Honda is now getting less mpg than it did last year.
>
> >It usually only does short journeys and sometimes is parked up for 6 weeks
> >at a time.
>
> >Would giving it a good blast (at full throttle) one night/early morning for
> >say 50 miles on the M1 do it any good?
>
> Surely you'll go through more petrol doing that than you're ever
> likely to recoup in an MPG increase?

My Saab runs like a pig for the first couple of minutes if it hasn't
been used for a week or so, a good belting works wonders. same for the
BMW (2 pot air cooled) however the Smart seems impervious.
From: Bagpuss on 5 Jul 2010 06:01
On Jul 4, 6:56 pm, "ARWadsworth" <adamwadswo...(a)blueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:
> Do they really work?
>
> My 15 year old Honda is now getting less mpg than it did last year.
>
> It usually only does short journeys and sometimes is parked up for 6 weeks
> at a time.
>
> Would giving it a good blast (at full throttle) one night/early morning for
> say 50 miles on the M1 do it any good?
>

They definitely help. My experience with old motors in general leads
me to believe a good caning does them the world of good. Quite often,
I've bought an old shed from someone that's not really performing
well. A service - oil, filters, plugs (if petrol), check brakes, and a
damn good thrashing on a country road with plenty of twisty bits so
you can change up and down , and rev the engine hard will help a lot.
I've found this even more helpful on old diesel cars.

Miaow.
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