Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:15:37 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Anybody want to guess what happened next?

Well, the short of it was that the sales dude launched into this whole
thing about ETEC and how they were always blowing up.

At which point I decided that discretion was the better part of valor
and politely told him that (1) now they don't and (2) I've owned three
of them, two on one boat and that boat now has about 1800 hours on the
engines and the current owner loves them and (3) suggested that before
he shot his mouth off about something, it might be smarter to figure
out who the hell he was taking to and (4) I wouldn't buy a boat from
him if my life depended on it which meant that he blew a sweet cash
deal as I wouldn't have haggled about price.

What made things worse was that the other marina/boat shop that had
pontoons similar, the sales girl was dumb as a box of rocks and when
the more experienced sales guy came out to rescue her from my,
um...somewhat detailed questions, I said thanks, but no thanks and out
the door.

So the family is po'd. So Jack Goff suggested a place to look today
and my reputation might be burnished a little if they have what I'm
looking for.

So that's it. Funny comments everyone - you folks are real comedians.


Honestly, Tom, I really do not understand your "affinity" for these two
stroke outboards.

I just looked over the "specs" for the F150 Yamaha (four stroke) and the
competing ETEC 150.

The ETEC is a V-6, the Yamaha an inline four. No particular advantage.
The ETEC displaces 2589 cc, the Yamaha 2670. No particular advantage.
The ETEC weighs 427 pounds, the Yamaha 466. No particular advantage.
Interestingly, the ETEC site says the Yamaha weighs 504 pounds. B.S.

The ETEC "might" outaccelerate the Yamaha. Maybe. No head to head
comparisons that I saw.

I'd bet the Yamaha is quieter than the the ETEC at trolling and idle
speeds. Important to me. It's probably quieter at cruise speeds, too.

I'd bet a genuine comparison would show little difference in fuel burn.

No need to mix oil in the Yamaha's fuel. Advantage: Yamaha.

The Yamaha uses regular SAE multiweight motor oil. Advantage: Yamaha

Both engines are a plumber's nightmare to work upon. Sadly.