Reminds me of the first day I took my new boat out. I had a gravel driveway
with a steep incline. Got a good running start on it, only to plow a furrow
up the driveway with my outdrive. First scratch and hadn't even got wet.
That was about 23 years ago. I've never painted my outdrive so I can
see it's dings over the ages. No problems. If I kept the outdrive in the
water (especially salt water) I would have painted it but it's garaged
and still "original".

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