On Feb 24, 10:37*pm, BAR wrote:
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On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:00:23 -0500, BAR wrote:

In article , says...

On 2/23/2012 10:54 PM, BAR wrote:
In , says....

On 2/23/2012 9:45 PM, Tim wrote:
On Feb 23, 7:05 pm, * wrote:
557HP. *Cadillac 6.2L supercharged engine. *Single motor pushes a 29'10"
Center console with a 9'10" beam to 65 MPH. *$70K. *Wow!

Check out the video, too. *This is a beast of an OB!

http://blog.boattrader.com/2012/02/s...board-in-water...

Wow. and only $70,000.00 a copy too. BUT you get a custom paint job w/
each purchase!

?;^ )

No, really. That does seem to be an amazing engine....

What do you find so amazing if I may ask? They said it was a Caddy
engine, with a blower...

Will your local Caddy dealer know how to work on the motor and the lower
end?

My dad purchased an outboard thinking that it would be easier to
service. All it did was raise the price of parts.

My question was "what is so amazing about an outboard engine"?

You can get painted to match your gel-coat. You can get it painted to
match your arm candy's bathing suit. You can get it painted to match....

There really isn't anything special about it other than you can get it
painted to match anything you want and you could hang 4 of the off the
ass end of some boat and have a $300K of motors on a $150K boat.

There is a guy in the UK who has a 90 MPH inflatable boat with eight
250 hp outboards. Cross Channel smuggling is what he does. You can
make a good living on cigs and booze and not risk the heavy time for
drugs and guns.

They are busting retired people on the Eastern Shore of Virginia for
smuggling cigarettes. People retire to Ocean City, Maryland and they
then go to Delaware (no sales tax) and buy their cigarettes or down to
Virginia and buy cigarettes really cheap and smuggle them into Maryland.
If you bring in more than a carton you are smuggling and they hit you
for the taxes and if you do it enough you get busted.

It was the same with DC and Virginia in the late 70's and early 80's
when you could only take 1 gallon of booze across state lines. People
would buy booze, lots of booze, in DC at lunch time and then when they
would drive home after work the ATF would bust them when they crossed
from DC into Virginia. It was funny to see people on the side of the
road having a couple of big boxes of booze and wine bought in DC pulled
form their trunks while they were in hand-cuffs.

With the amount of traffic, I wonder how they got spotted, or if it
was random?

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:44:01 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Feb 24, 10:37*pm, BAR wrote:
In article ,
says...











On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:00:23 -0500, BAR wrote:

In article , says...

On 2/23/2012 10:54 PM, BAR wrote:
In , says...

On 2/23/2012 9:45 PM, Tim wrote:
On Feb 23, 7:05 pm, * wrote:
557HP. *Cadillac 6.2L supercharged engine. *Single motor pushes a 29'10"
Center console with a 9'10" beam to 65 MPH. *$70K. *Wow!

Check out the video, too. *This is a beast of an OB!

http://blog.boattrader.com/2012/02/s...board-in-water...

Wow. and only $70,000.00 a copy too. BUT you get a custom paint job w/
each purchase!

?;^ )

No, really. That does seem to be an amazing engine....

What do you find so amazing if I may ask? They said it was a Caddy
engine, with a blower...

Will your local Caddy dealer know how to work on the motor and the lower
end?

My dad purchased an outboard thinking that it would be easier to
service. All it did was raise the price of parts.

My question was "what is so amazing about an outboard engine"?

You can get painted to match your gel-coat. You can get it painted to
match your arm candy's bathing suit. You can get it painted to match...

There really isn't anything special about it other than you can get it
painted to match anything you want and you could hang 4 of the off the
ass end of some boat and have a $300K of motors on a $150K boat.

There is a guy in the UK who has a 90 MPH inflatable boat with eight
250 hp outboards. Cross Channel smuggling is what he does. You can
make a good living on cigs and booze and not risk the heavy time for
drugs and guns.

They are busting retired people on the Eastern Shore of Virginia for
smuggling cigarettes. People retire to Ocean City, Maryland and they
then go to Delaware (no sales tax) and buy their cigarettes or down to
Virginia and buy cigarettes really cheap and smuggle them into Maryland.
If you bring in more than a carton you are smuggling and they hit you
for the taxes and if you do it enough you get busted.

It was the same with DC and Virginia in the late 70's and early 80's
when you could only take 1 gallon of booze across state lines. People
would buy booze, lots of booze, in DC at lunch time and then when they
would drive home after work the ATF would bust them when they crossed
from DC into Virginia. It was funny to see people on the side of the
road having a couple of big boxes of booze and wine bought in DC pulled
form their trunks while they were in hand-cuffs.

With the amount of traffic, I wonder how they got spotted, or if it
was random?

The cops would park outside the booze stores and follow the idiot.

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:01:03 -0500, Happy John
wrote:

It was the same with DC and Virginia in the late 70's and early 80's
when you could only take 1 gallon of booze across state lines. People
would buy booze, lots of booze, in DC at lunch time and then when they
would drive home after work the ATF would bust them when they crossed
from DC into Virginia. It was funny to see people on the side of the
road having a couple of big boxes of booze and wine bought in DC pulled
form their trunks while they were in hand-cuffs.

With the amount of traffic, I wonder how they got spotted, or if it
was random?

The cops would park outside the booze stores and follow the idiot.

===

What a waste of law enforcement resources.

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:38:10 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:01:03 -0500, Happy John
wrote:

It was the same with DC and Virginia in the late 70's and early 80's
when you could only take 1 gallon of booze across state lines. People
would buy booze, lots of booze, in DC at lunch time and then when they
would drive home after work the ATF would bust them when they crossed
from DC into Virginia. It was funny to see people on the side of the
road having a couple of big boxes of booze and wine bought in DC pulled
form their trunks while they were in hand-cuffs.

With the amount of traffic, I wonder how they got spotted, or if it
was random?

The cops would park outside the booze stores and follow the idiot.

===

What a waste of law enforcement resources.

Well, DC has such a law-abiding population that there's not much for the cops to do.

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:01:03 -0500, Happy John
wrote:

It was the same with DC and Virginia in the late 70's and early 80's
when you could only take 1 gallon of booze across state lines. People
would buy booze, lots of booze, in DC at lunch time and then when they
would drive home after work the ATF would bust them when they crossed
from DC into Virginia. It was funny to see people on the side of the
road having a couple of big boxes of booze and wine bought in DC pulled
form their trunks while they were in hand-cuffs.

With the amount of traffic, I wonder how they got spotted, or if it
was random?

The cops would park outside the booze stores and follow the idiot.

===

What a waste of law enforcement resources.

You only need two guys in one car. It is the fear of getting caught that
stops the activity.

On 2/25/2012 6:44 AM, Tim wrote:
On Feb 24, 10:37 pm, wrote:
In ,
says...











On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:00:23 -0500, wrote:

In , says...

On 2/23/2012 10:54 PM, BAR wrote:
In , says...

On 2/23/2012 9:45 PM, Tim wrote:
On Feb 23, 7:05 pm, wrote:
557HP. Cadillac 6.2L supercharged engine. Single motor pushes a 29'10"
Center console with a 9'10" beam to 65 MPH. $70K. Wow!

Check out the video, too. This is a beast of an OB!

http://blog.boattrader.com/2012/02/s...board-in-water...

Wow. and only $70,000.00 a copy too. BUT you get a custom paint job w/
each purchase!

?;^ )

No, really. That does seem to be an amazing engine....

What do you find so amazing if I may ask? They said it was a Caddy
engine, with a blower...

Will your local Caddy dealer know how to work on the motor and the lower
end?

My dad purchased an outboard thinking that it would be easier to
service. All it did was raise the price of parts.

My question was "what is so amazing about an outboard engine"?

You can get painted to match your gel-coat. You can get it painted to
match your arm candy's bathing suit. You can get it painted to match...

There really isn't anything special about it other than you can get it
painted to match anything you want and you could hang 4 of the off the
ass end of some boat and have a $300K of motors on a $150K boat.

There is a guy in the UK who has a 90 MPH inflatable boat with eight
250 hp outboards. Cross Channel smuggling is what he does. You can
make a good living on cigs and booze and not risk the heavy time for
drugs and guns.

They are busting retired people on the Eastern Shore of Virginia for
smuggling cigarettes. People retire to Ocean City, Maryland and they
then go to Delaware (no sales tax) and buy their cigarettes or down to
Virginia and buy cigarettes really cheap and smuggle them into Maryland.
If you bring in more than a carton you are smuggling and they hit you
for the taxes and if you do it enough you get busted.

It was the same with DC and Virginia in the late 70's and early 80's
when you could only take 1 gallon of booze across state lines. People
would buy booze, lots of booze, in DC at lunch time and then when they
would drive home after work the ATF would bust them when they crossed
from DC into Virginia. It was funny to see people on the side of the
road having a couple of big boxes of booze and wine bought in DC pulled
form their trunks while they were in hand-cuffs.

With the amount of traffic, I wonder how they got spotted, or if it
was random?

Probably used spotters... Even store owners reporting cases of booze
going into out of state cars.

On 2/25/2012 8:42 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:34:37 -0500,
wrote:



Probably used spotters... Even store owners reporting cases of booze
going into out of state cars.

Why would a store owner want to get his best customers busted?

I think it was co-operate or be considered/treated like an accomplice...
We had issues with Gas and Cigs years ago from Mass to here if I
remember correctly, I was very young then so I don't remember many
details...

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:42:18 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:34:37 -0500, JustWait
wrote:



Probably used spotters... Even store owners reporting cases of booze
going into out of state cars.

Why would a store owner want to get his best customers busted?

Upright citizenship. The DC folks are very law-abiding. Besides, the city was losing tax money -
money that could have gone into the pockets of some of the city councilmen.

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:42:18 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:34:37 -0500, JustWait
wrote:



Probably used spotters... Even store owners reporting cases of booze
going into out of state cars.

Why would a store owner want to get his best customers busted?

Upright citizenship. The DC folks are very law-abiding. Besides, the city was losing tax money -
money that could have gone into the pockets of some of the city councilmen.

The liquor license is a very valuable thing.

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:25:20 -0500, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:42:18 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:34:37 -0500, JustWait
wrote:



Probably used spotters... Even store owners reporting cases of booze
going into out of state cars.

Why would a store owner want to get his best customers busted?

Upright citizenship. The DC folks are very law-abiding. Besides, the city was losing tax money -
money that could have gone into the pockets of some of the city councilmen.

The liquor license is a very valuable thing.

Nobody in DC was going to threaten a high volume dealer who was
pumping extra tax money in the DC coffers from Maryland and Va
customers.
DC always had a contentious relationship with Md and Va anyway because
the suburban DMVs would not go after people with DC parking tickets.
They didn't even have reciprocity with moving violations when I was
there
I was revoked in DC and Md never knew it.
I thought the difference in taxes was reduced years ago and this was a
less attractive thing to do ... or did Md and Va raise their taxes
again?
I know bringing cigarettes up from North Carolina used to be a popular
thing to do.

I did some price checking for booze between Montgomery County and
Fairfax County a couple of years ago. It was all over the place. Some
things were cheaper and some things weren't. The one thing that was
different was wine costs and wine selection in Fairfax county. Since
everything in Montgomery county, alcohol wise, is bought through the
county your selection is limited. Fairfax has a wider selection of wines
and at much better prices.

I don't smoke any more and I don't buy smokes for my wife either so I
can't talk about the costs of tobacco.