HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

Perception is hard to battle. Folks have bought into the whole four
stroke hype for two reasons - it's not a "mysterious" engine with
cutting edge technology (it's like having your car engine on the back
of your boat) and Yamaha dumped their product at low profit margins to
gain market share through what should be viewed as restraint of trade
policies with exclusive deals with manufacturers.

Four strokes have some advantages over two strokes - can't debate that
point. But pound-for-pound, dollar-for-dollar, ETEC two stroke
technology is clearly superior in all areas of performance and
eventually, they will prevail.

WE WILL RULE THE WORLD!!!

Er...

Um...

Never mind. :)


Man, you need to cut back on that Kool-Aid!


Harry,
Didn't you have a Ficht or Mercury OptiMax? If I remember correctly you
didn't have any problems with the engine, and the only problem you were
aware of was solved by a software update. At that time, you and Tom
were singing the exact same song of the benefits of high tech 2 stroke,
vs. the negatives of the heavier, low torque Yamaha 4 stroke. You must
have posted 1000's of messages to Karen calling her an idiot, bitch and
ugly c_nt and you couldn't imagine why anyone would buy a 4 stroke.

What happened to change your mind?