# Fuel Economy Breakthrough? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 18, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-economy-breakthrough/18331 "2008-08-18T02:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stancollins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@stancollins](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stancollins)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-economy-breakthrough/18331/1 "2008-08-18T02:57:04Z")
USAToday carried an advertisement about a modification to autos that guarantees to increase gas mileage by a minimum of 50%. It’s called the Hydro-Assist Fuel Cell System. The website for the advertisement is [www.picctv.com/ut](http://www.picctv.com/ut). Is this a legitimate technology? What can you tell me about it? ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_G](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dave_g/32/768_2.png) [@Dave\_G](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dave_G)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-economy-breakthrough/18331/2 "2008-08-18T03:02:45Z")
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**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-economy-breakthrough/18331/3 "2008-08-18T03:07:21Z")
This has been discussed at length on this forum. The device is a worthless swindle and its claims are outright lies. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-economy-breakthrough/18331/4 "2008-08-18T04:17:30Z")
Other than the fact this scam has been beaten to death on a weekly basis, should I even ask a pointless question about whether you have a vested interest in this bunk.