You’ve seen the advice on the internet and elsewhere—”add coke to your gas tank and lower your fuel consumption.” While the sources vary in their claims, reductions as great as 55% are often reported. But are these performance improvements real? Time for a fact check.
Uncle Tyler Dyer and his old pal Bellwood Comstock, Jr., better known by those close to him as “Woodstock”, got together and decided to try it out. For their test, Uncle Ty added a 20-ounce bottle of Coke to his tank while his science partner Woodstock tried a same-sized portion of Pepsi in his automobile.
Within days, the experiment had reached a definitive outcome. To say the least, our test techs were absolutely stunned by the results.
“Man, we can’t believe it,” exclaimed Uncle Ty.
“Spending money on gas is the least of my worries now,” noted his buddy Woodstock.
Collectively, our dynamic duo is now cutting down on carbon emissions by hundreds of pounds every month. When asked if there were any other benefits to dumping cola in the tank, Ty reminded us, “Oh, yeah, we’ve been getting great exercise, riding our bikes and walking everywhere we go. Earlier this week, we hitchhiked to a used car lot looking for bargains. Man, it was just like the old days!”
“You know,” joked Uncle Ty’s loyal sidekick Woodstock, “if everybody did this, it sure would help relieve traffic congestion too.”