Mother of All Milage Attempts

[P-hack]

Not a fan of patents personally, too many abuses and they tend to retard adoption of better options.

[mcrews]

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

Put Nitrogen in the tires, throw the muffler away, and stick a K&N on it and you too can get nearly 100 mpg. I think a Ram Implosion Wing will put 'er over the top.

Magnets.......why do you always forget the magnets !!!!!!!

[shovel]

Originally Posted by mcrews

Magnets.......why do you always forget the magnets !!!!!!!

How can you forget magnets?!?!



Seriously though, the "ONE SIMPLE MOD" had either be extraordinarily novel because it's an extraordinary claim.

Hopefully the OP is understanding of our skepticism whenever such claims get pitched. We don't get impressed very often.

[elhigh]

Don't forget the Turbonator.

Without it there's no chance.

[t vago]

Y'all forgot to include the Gadgetman Groove...

[elhigh]

Originally Posted by Old Mechanic

If you post a truly novel, patentable idea, on a public forum, then any chance you had of getting a patent just vanished.
<snip>
Any revealing of the novelty, which is the only patentable part of any design, without a non-disclosure agreement signed by the party to be made witness of the "novelty" could kill the process, unless you have documentation of the originality of the novelty before the NDA was ever issued.

regards
Mech

That doesn't make much sense to me. But perhaps it makes no sense because I'm not a lawyer. It seemed to me that establishing provenance would be a smart way to go, and one way I've heard of doing that is to send copies of all the relevant materials to yourself by registered mail, thus establishing a auditable timeline.

I can see how discussing an invention in an open forum would hamstring future claims of exclusivity, but wouldn't it also make it difficult for others to claim ownership as well?

Well crap I guess I just answered my own questions and figured stuff out for myself. I'm a little addled today.

Sorry, OT.

[elhigh]

And Singh grooves: SOMENDER-SINGH.com

Hmm, most folks here should already be aware of Singh: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ork-17699.html

[deejaaa]

Originally Posted by mbrac

So I'm going to start my project - in which I hope to blow away mpg records for highway milage - with a very simple mod to a standard Ford Focus - I'm going to post pictures - no words - until I get the results or close to the results I'm looking for - I call the project the C-Smash - since the letter C stands for 100 - and I want so smash the 100 mpg barrier - Pictures to follow - if all goes well - I'm hoping for well over 200 mpg - not a good mod for city driving - but since I'm a comuter - I came up with the idea while putting in all the highway miles.....Hope to achieve success within 3-6 months from now - as it goes - the pictures will reveal the project.....

i don't believe you. i call bs.