"Tim" wrote in
ups.com:

But last thing se said was "It's ready for the lake"



When I'm at a boat show and some slick used car salesman in boat shoes is
spouting off about his twin, counter-rotating outdrives finer features....I
always ask, seemingly out of the blue, "How much does it cost when it hits
a rock about here?", pointing to the front of the outdrive just above the
bulge where the horizontal propshaft forward bearing is hidden away in the
pot metal housing....(c;

Why does a lower drive unit cost more than a 2005 Ford Focus straight off
the showroom floor without rebates?