Harry Krause wrote:
Reggie Smithers wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:
Reggie Smithers wrote:
K. Smith wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 31 Jan 2006 05:24:34 -0800, "Oscar"
wrote:


Anybody hava an opinion on these two engines. I may be making a
boat
purchase soon and have an option on these two models.

Any help is appreciated.
dont get the verado - heavy and its a fuel pig. not to mention that
the supercharging is a joke - optimax engines beat the snot out of
verados in side-by-side tests for speed, hole shots, etc.

optimax is reasonably better in fuel efficiency, weight and power.

buy a boat with etecs - lighter, faster, more efficient.
The verado might cost a little more but it will be reliable & still
be "available" off into the future, meaning your boat will still be
worth something.

The Optimax engines were more reliable than the ficht now marketed
as E-tec, mainly because the Optimaxes are not true direct injection.

Don't be hoodwinked into anything remotely associated with Ficht
there are literally thousands upon thousands of people who will
confirm the technology is a failure. Even if a particular engine
hasn't failed (yet:-)) 100% of boats suffer to reduction in resale
becasue of the risky engine.

K
Karen,
Via Goggle, I looked for any articles or E-Tec problems. I could
not find any. While there might be problems with E-Tec down the
road, no E-Tec engine will suffer a reduction in resale.

Do you have any proof via boat resale prices, that E-Tec will
devalue in resale or are you basing that on the Ficht's being
discontinued?


Ms. Smith is a well-known troll. Why are you feeding her?

(You know, the same questions you ask when I slamdunk Snipper for his
anti-Semitism.)

:}
Harry,
Karen does a great job of creating some very lively on topic debates,
which should always be encouraged, even if we disagree.


Sorry, but I have an entirely different opinion of Ms. Smith. It is
interesting how tolerant you are of certain gross misbehavers here, eh?
Harry,
No, I don't find it interesting at all, my tolerance level does not
change based upon the person or the misbehavior. The only thing
different between you and me is the way I have chosen to handle it. I
would prefer to ignore the off topic trolls designed to catch a specific
species of fish. If I think someone is misinformed about an on topic
discussion, I am trying to keep the discussion factual and not personal.

You have been biting on every bait Skipper throws your way for years.
He throws the bait, and before it hits the water, you have it hook, line
and sinker. If Karen really is trolling, you bite on everyone of her
lures also when you make personal insults. You started by saying I am
feeding Karen by responding to her, if she really is trolling, she does
not want my kind of serious question, she wants your emotional response,
the same way Skipper loves when he get an emotional response from you.

You don't have to believe me, do a Goggle on Newsgroup Trolls, and see
what 100% of the experts say.

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Reggie
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