# The Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Booster **URL:** \ **Category:** Power/Fuel\ **Tags:** gasoline\ **Created:** [December 12, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-booster/58593 "2010-12-12T03:01:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rbstimers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@Rbstimers](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rbstimers)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-booster/58593/1 "2010-12-12T03:01:10Z")
Here is the manufacturer of the Efficiency booster from H&S. [fueldoctorusa.com/how-it-works/](http://fueldoctorusa.com/how-it-works/) I guess if you have an old car where the electrical system is hay wire, and it’s so bad that the computer is not working, it fixes that? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-booster/58593/2 "2010-12-12T03:18:01Z")
No, it’s a scam, pure and simple. Consumer Reports tested it this month, found it to be WORTHLESS. No real surprise, these gas savings gizmos are always scams. I was sorry to see H-S putting their name behind a scam. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 11:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-booster/58593/3 "2010-12-12T11:44:32Z")
Just another SCAM ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-booster/58593/4 "2010-12-12T15:44:58Z")
I’m really surprised that H.S. is risking its reputation by selling a bogus product. Most of its other products are unusual, but function as claimed. ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-booster/58593/5 "2010-12-12T16:51:28Z")
It doesn’t fix or do anything. If you read the “independent test reports” listed in the HS catalog, you’ll find that the “tests” were done in a foreign country, and the “reports” are pseudo-science balderdash written in bad English. Utterly laughable. ---
**Author:** ![runnoft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@runnoft](https://community.cartalk.com/u/runnoft)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-booster/58593/6 "2010-12-12T21:47:36Z")
Hammacher Schlemmer should be ashamed of themselves. This retailer sets the bar high, claiming they test and select only the best. This device doesn’t even pass the smell test. It’s obviously BO-OOOOH-GUS just reading it about it. But that they would still list it on their website and take orders for it after Consumer Reports ripped it a new one last week shows how dependable HS is. ---
**Author:** ![jt1979](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jt1979/32/1863_2.png) [@jt1979](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jt1979)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-booster/58593/7 "2010-12-12T21:50:40Z")
What are you talking about? It provides “conditioned and clean power.” Can’t you see how clean the power is on the oscilloscope on the right? ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-booster/58593/8 "2010-12-12T21:53:17Z")
Pretty funny “debunk” video from Consumer Reports: [http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/video-hub/featured/featured-videos/will-fuel-doctor-save-you-gas/17387256001/694686638001/](http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/video-hub/featured/featured-videos/will-fuel-doctor-save-you-gas/17387256001/694686638001/) ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-booster/58593/9 "2010-12-12T22:24:27Z")
My electrons do need some scrubbing… ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-booster/58593/10 "2010-12-12T23:30:01Z")
“My electrons do need some scrubbing…” I can see their ruddy glow from over 1000 miles away! ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-booster/58593/11 "2010-12-14T22:31:52Z")
No, it doesn’t fix that. It doesn’t fix anything. Best case, it’s a totally uneccessary and useless noise filter. Worst case, it does nothing at all. Either way, it’s a scam. ---
**Author:** ![mark9207](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mark9207](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mark9207)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-booster/58593/12 "2010-12-14T23:08:41Z")
Well, it does do a couple things. It lights up when you plug it in and it lightens your wallet by 50 bucks when you purchase it. It seems completely implausible that any device can have an affect on the engine management system by plugging it into the 12V outlet in the dash.