Just MHO here, but in terms of resale value, buying and selling a boat isn't
any different than buying or selling a car. As soon as you pull off the
dealers lot, the equipments value begins to plummet. As technologies
advance in leaps and bounds it seems units only a few years old are already
obsolete. The used boat market appears to be flooded with "over-priced"
boats and motors. The only way to make them move is to drop the price.

Now regarding "OMC products", while there certainly are millions of units
still out there, there is no longer an OMC - they're history. The outboard
assets of OMC were puchased out of bankruptcy by Bombardier, who recently,
due to the slumping airline industry sold off the entire (and very
profitable) Recreational Products division, which not only includes Evinrude
& Johnson, but also Sea-Doo, Ski-Doo, Bombardier ATV and Sport Boats. (just
a slight clarification del). BTW, del brought up some excellent points, we
will all see where it goes in the next few years.

I am still compelled though to point out, it doesn't matter which product
brand you purchase, they all have their issues. For example on the fishing
tournament circuits here in the U.S., it seems that Mercury can't keep
Opti-Max's from swallowing reed valves, Evinrude has a recall for a fuel
rail and Yamaha appears to have an oiling issue with their HPDI causing
cylinder failures. The 4-strokes also have their issues with corossion and
stuck throttle bodies, which also required a safety recall. I saw a recall
or a bulletin for Honda's last year, something about a problem with the
engine block as I recall.

The Evinrudes have a 3-year non-declining warranty, the Yamaha's a 3-year
pro-rated warranty and I'm not sure what Mercury is offering at the moment
and I believe Suzuki's warranty is also pro-rated.

As with anything these days, it's always buyer-beware.

-John


"Jim and Becky" wrote in message
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My only question is how, how, how could you but and OMC product over a
Yamaha or Mercury product in this environment?
Maybe in 2 years you'll want to sell your current boat...