Like I said, all I know is what I have seen in my own vehicle as far as actual mileage, not to mention the problems I have seen with customers that do and do not run additive in their machines.
As far as my situation, I know there are going to be variables due to time spent in traffic idleing, highway miles, stop-and-go city miles, etc, etc, and that, and I know all of that will have an effect on the fuel usage. That said, I have to do quarterly fuel tax calculations on my truck, and have had to do them since it was purchased about 12 years ago. That gives me around 6 years of use running the old LSD, both with and without additive, and another 6 of running it with the ULSD, which I did for a short time without additive just to see how things went. Were I to pull out 12 years worth of quartely returns I could show you where my milage increased with the additive in the LSD, and where it dropped back off again when the ULSD hit the market in every station and I was forced to start running it.
If you think the numbers I gave so far are out of line let me throw this one at you. At one point years back I put on so many highway miles that the quarterly average then was just shy of 10 MPG. It's amazing what having an automatic transmission with a double overdrive can do for mileage when you can run 65 to 70 MPH with the engine only turning 1600 RPM. Believe me when I say, I keep a real close eye on my fuel mileage and the cost of the fuel. When your self employeed and even one MPG extra ((on the 80 gallons my truck holds)) equals another $120 in my pocket per fillup, at $1.50 per mile heck yeah I pay attention. I don't know about you, but if a $12 bottle of 'snake oil' will make me my $12 back, and then some, and help increase the life of $1200 plus worth of electronic injectors then I'll gladly shell out that $12 every couple of fill ups.
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