Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:04:55 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III penned
the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:30:39 -0400, HK wrote:

Anyone with any understanding of outboard motors who reads through
the various performance bulletins available on engine/boat combos can
only conclude there are very minor variations in the results
available with the various brands of modern engines, two stroke or
four stroke, on similar boats.
Any "understanding" you have about anything relates only to what side
of the manic/depressive cycle you are on at any given time.

Go take your meds.

I took my daily vitamin. It's the only "med" I take.

That explains a lot.

And these "piling-on" posts always take us....... where?



Exactly where Reggie wants this newsgroup to go, of course...into
irrelevance.

Obviously, the "problem" with this thread is that I refuse to take at
face value totally unsubstantiated claims about the "superiority" of
eTec technology in producing outboards that ignore the laws of physics.
It's the silliness...like me claiming that today's four stroke Suzukis
are "not as good as" today's four stroke Yamahas, when I know that both
Suzuki and Yamaha make first-rate engines. Commenting on the relative
weakness of the Suzuki dealer network, though, is fair, because I know
first-hand that it is not up to the standard of Yamaha or Mercury, at
least not in my area. Suzuki dealers are far and few between, and the
ones I've seen are not the larger shops with big parts departments and
service bays.