On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:48:51 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


http://www.google.com/search?q=etec+...x=&startPage=1

http://www.oceanskiffjournal.com/Sub...al/ETEC5A.aspx

http://www.oceanskiffjournal.com/Sub...al/ETEC5C.aspx

"In our opinion, cost of operation will prove to be less for an E-TEC
in the long run."

And that was using XD-50, not XD-100 which give ETEC even more
efficiency in oil consumption by a factor of 20.

You guys can't win - I win every time.

YOU DROOL - I RULE!!!

LOL, that is the stupidest link showing cost of operation I have ever
seen. The whole premise of that link assumes you actually use the boat.

If you don't use it, (or use it 25 hrs a year) there will not be any of
this supposed "cost savings".

YOU LOSE. HAH!!!!!!!!

I haven't owned an OB since 1986, and that was a 1972 125 hp Johnson.
Now that was one nice Johnson, and fuel and oil consumption was not a
problem.

You buy the fuel, you put in the oil, no problem.

Being serious here, the one thing I can claim, based on fact and
experience, admittedly partially acnecdotal, is that I get twice the
fuel efficiency of any four stroke on the market and about the same
over other DI two strokes.

I'll admit that may be unique to me as I try hard to keep fairly
accurate records of my fuel and oil usage for a variety of reasons.

Others may have different experiences.