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Old 01-22-2009, 02:35 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Moderate your Moderation.
 
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After having studied psychology in an amateur capacity for the last 7 years or so, I believe in the "Placebo effect."

If you think it will happen, you'll manufacture the result.

Is your dealership willing to put their name and integrity (given they have some left) on the line and show before/after results for each individual vehicle the wrap is applied to?

We would need to see a large cross section of before and after MPG readings to compute the averages of each vehicle before and after, and the whole thing would have to be done with the same driver for each vehicle, on the same stretch of road, at the same relative speeds, with the same wind speed/direction, etc.

If you're willing to undertake such an experiment, we MIGHT be willing to pay attention. So far, all you're doing is perpetuating a claim that none of us can see as being accurate.
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I'd like to think that people might open their eyes at some point... instead, I find it more and more likely that I'll just close mine.

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Je ne veux pas d'une meilleure vie. Je veux être heureux avec celle que j'ai maintenant.
(I do not want a better life. I want to be happy with the one I have now.)


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