"jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in message
news:PcCdnShRyONOhIjUnZ2dnUVZ_s3inZ2d@speakeasy.ne t...
> On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:28:13 -0800, johngdole wrote:
>
>> No, Jim, I attach references so you know the answer didn't come out of
>> thin air. People can read the words themselves and make up their own
>> minds.
>
> actually, all you did was repeat a pile of fact-free marketing garbage
> that had succeeded in getting you suckered.
>
> "Sam Memmolo, a master mechanic with a repair shop in Georgia, adds..."
>
> i mean, really, who gives a flying one what "sam memmolo" is alleged to
> say? the only thing that's clear in the article is that it's encouraging
> you to spend money on transmission oil changes. not even a hint at
> testing, analysis, not a single thing scientific or quantitative.
>
> one of the best things about the net is access to information. one of the
> worst things, is exposure to mis-information. you need to learn to
> filter. if there's no hard data, just opinion of "sam memmolo"'s, you
> need to be suspicious of guerrilla marketing - exactly what you'd found
> and posted.
>

He's right. I replaced the transmission fluid and filter in an AMC Hornet I
had, and a month later the transmission went bad. It's a little ironic how
servicing something actually makes matters worse.