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Miguelito Loveless

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17. That's what I thought at the time I first heard

Reply to Disaffected (Reply #16)

Wed May 14, 2025, 12:09 PM

May 14

it was car makers. Didn't make sense. Then I heard the oil companies and automakers were in collusion to suppress the device, which would only make sense if the oil companies were paying the auto makers to suppress it (they have that kind of money, so at least it is plausible).

Here is the original legend from Snopes, which dates it back to 1948:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nobodys-fuel/

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Just like my father use'ta say that Esso bought the patent on the 90 mpg carburetor. 3Hotdogs May 13 #3

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It was an urban legend that Miguelito Loveless May 13 #9

Long before that in fact. Disaffected May 13 #14

The villain changed Miguelito Loveless May 14 #15

That's not my recollection. Disaffected May 14 #16

That's what I thought at the time I first heard Miguelito Loveless May 14 #17

An interesting history alright. Disaffected May 14 #18

Indeed. Miguelito Loveless May 14 #19

It'd a critique of post number 1 reACTIONary May 13 #13

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Gotta get it past RFK first. Martin68 May 13 #7

It sounds great 😁 Meowmee May 13 #11