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"John H" wrote in message ... On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 05:16:29 GMT, "Bill McKee" wrote: "Del Cecchi" wrote in message ... "Bill McKee" wrote in message ink.net... "Del Cecchi" wrote in message ... "John H" wrote in message ... On 20 Jun 2005 15:17:59 -0700, " wrote: Thanks for the info on reliability. The problem with Suzuki motors and pricing is that there is one dealer in my area. Many people advise paying a higher price to a local dealer so as to establish a good working relationship for warranty issues, etc. Buying from a remote dealer may get a better price. It can come back to bite you if you need warranty service. I live near San Luis Obispo. The nearest dealer is Port San Luis Marine. They are 1/2 hour from my house. The next closest are in Fresno, Clovis, Oxnard, and Santa Cruz. All of which are 2-3 1/2 hours away. This part of the world is vacationland, so everything costs more than the urban areas. For a good laugh look up the cost of real estate in San Luis Obispo county, then the major employers. We pay higher prices pretty much everything except the local produce at the farmer's markets. Outboard motors are no different, it seems. Could be worse. You could live in Paso Robles. That would be bad! -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." Jolon, now that was bad. But the bar had good Mexican Pizza. Never saw a bar in Jolon when I was around there, in the 71-73 time frame. Guys were volunteering for Nam to get out of Jolon. :-) Use to pig hunt at Hunter-Ligget during the 80's. Was a pizza parlor / bar then just outside the gates. Last time I was there, was closed. My buddies in the Army reserve use to do summer camp there in the 70's. They enjoyed it, as they were engineers, and had a water treatment plant. They used the dozer to make a swimming hole and a trench to hold the daily 500#'s of ice and the beer. Was it Reserve engineers or National Guard? I spent many a summer working with a National Guard engineer battalion there, but never with any Reserves. There was a little nudist beach (Pirate's Cove?) close to San Luis Obispo that we'd run to for some sunshine. The Guard unit had some Combat Engineer Vehicles that we'd take out to the range and play with. They're built on an M-60 tank chassis, with a boom, winch, dozer blade, and a 165mm main gun. Made a lot of noise, but not very accurate. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
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