# from MICHIGAN says Lol must be bad more like it
As of Friday at the Everstart they had on the Detroit River. The e-tech
had 3 blown power heads, one boat's motor caught on fire and blew the
cowling 30 feet in the error. Forcing the gentlemen aboard to abandon
ship. LOL E tech went over like a fat kid in dodgeball on erie.


from OHIO says from what i hear...
Etec's are having their problems, and Verados are doing well so far. )

From some of the forums, plenty more will try to keep you up to date.

K

K. Smith wrote:

# from MICHIGAN says Lol must be bad more like it
As of Friday at the Everstart they had on the Detroit River. The e-tech
had 3 blown power heads, one boat's motor caught on fire and blew the
cowling 30 feet in the error. Forcing the gentlemen aboard to abandon
ship. LOL E tech went over like a fat kid in dodgeball on erie.


from OHIO says from what i hear...
Etec's are having their problems, and Verados are doing well so far. )

From some of the forums, plenty more will try to keep you up to date.

K
Karen,
Do you have a link to this info?

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Reggie
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That's my story and I am sticking to it.

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from OHIO says from what i hear...
Etec's are having their problems, and Verados are doing well so far. )



According to a NJ boat surveyor, your thinking about Verados is incorrect..

"... The Vrat club jumped all over me after I asked a guy in Cape May how he
liked his Verado's. He lifted two engine covers of the three that were on
the 38 Fountain and both were waiting on new powerheads. Then he stated a
buddy was also waiting on another powerhead for his Vrat on his boat. I was
called a liar, a Merc hate monger and few other choice words because I
didn't have pictures. Since then I've seen several of them apart in
dealerships and more than few being towed in. These Vrat boys are definetly
running with tight blinders on."

While I'm not inclined to turn it into a personal crusade like Karen, the
simplicity the old 2 strokes are completely out of the picture on these
things. I see no reason why anyone would not just get a 4 stroke.

"K. Smith" wrote in message
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# from MICHIGAN says Lol must be bad more like it
As of Friday at the Everstart they had on the Detroit River. The e-tech
had 3 blown power heads, one boat's motor caught on fire and blew the
cowling 30 feet in the error. Forcing the gentlemen aboard to abandon
ship. LOL E tech went over like a fat kid in dodgeball on erie.


from OHIO says from what i hear...
Etec's are having their problems, and Verados are doing well so far. )

From some of the forums, plenty more will try to keep you up to date.

K

James wrote:
While I'm not inclined to turn it into a personal crusade like Karen, the
simplicity the old 2 strokes are completely out of the picture on these
things. I see no reason why anyone would not just get a 4 stroke.

"K. Smith" wrote in message
...
# from MICHIGAN says Lol must be bad more like it
As of Friday at the Everstart they had on the Detroit River. The e-tech
had 3 blown power heads, one boat's motor caught on fire and blew the
cowling 30 feet in the error. Forcing the gentlemen aboard to abandon
ship. LOL E tech went over like a fat kid in dodgeball on erie.


from OHIO says from what i hear...
Etec's are having their problems, and Verados are doing well so far. )

From some of the forums, plenty more will try to keep you up to date.

K



Karen could be absolutely correct in her evaluation of Ficht and Etec,
but I can not find ANY documentation to verify her posit. I normally
question anyone who has a vendetta or personal crusade, especially when
they can not provide any links to support their position.

I like the simple technology of 4 stroke, but have not seen anything to
support Karen's position, and have only heard positive support by owners
and professionals in the business. If Etec was the disaster that Karen
believes, all 4 stroke mfg'ers and dealers would emphasize the
unreliability of their product and the problems with Etec. I have not
seen anyone using this as a sales tool against Etec.

--
Reggie
************************************************** *************
That's my story and I am sticking to it.

************************************************** *************

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It sounds like you quit taking your meds again. Have you told your doctor?

Karen,
The problem with your hypothesis is that all the kick-backs, brides,
rebates, volume incentives and whatever provided from the mfg'er to the
dealer also apply with the 4 stroke engines. No dealer has to rely on
E-Tec as their source of income, and can make just as much money selling
4 stroke as they can 2 stroke. If your hypothesis of E-Tec's problems
was correct, it would be much easier for a dealer to provide proof of
the problems with E-Tec, sell the new customer a 4 stroke and look like
a genius and savior to the customer.

I would love to read more of the E-Tec horror stories, can you provide
me a link to the owner stories? Let me correct that, will you cut and
paste a link to the horror stories he

__________________________________________________ ___________________

--
Reggie
************************************************** *************
That's my story and I am sticking to it.

************************************************** *************

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 06:57:59 -0500, Reggie Smithers
wrote:

Karen,
The problem with your hypothesis is that all the kick-backs, brides,
rebates, volume incentives and whatever provided from the mfg'er to the
dealer also apply with the 4 stroke engines. No dealer has to rely on
E-Tec as their source of income, and can make just as much money selling
4 stroke as they can 2 stroke. If your hypothesis of E-Tec's problems
was correct, it would be much easier for a dealer to provide proof of
the problems with E-Tec, sell the new customer a 4 stroke and look like
a genius and savior to the customer.

I would love to read more of the E-Tec horror stories, can you provide
me a link to the owner stories? Let me correct that, will you cut and
paste a link to the horror stories he

I'll help Karen out - No, no she can't.
Tom,

Did you rebate check and payola check for Jan. 2006 arrive?

Mine just came in, and they threw in a little extra for me defending
E-Tec in rec.boats.

Easy money, don't you think?

--
Reggie
************************************************** *************
That's my story and I am sticking to it.

************************************************** *************

Reggie Smithers wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 06:57:59 -0500, Reggie Smithers
wrote:

Karen,
The problem with your hypothesis is that all the kick-backs, brides,
rebates, volume incentives and whatever provided from the mfg'er to
the dealer also apply with the 4 stroke engines. No dealer has to
rely on E-Tec as their source of income, and can make just as much
money selling 4 stroke as they can 2 stroke. If your hypothesis of
E-Tec's problems was correct, it would be much easier for a dealer to
provide proof of the problems with E-Tec, sell the new customer a 4
stroke and look like a genius and savior to the customer.

I would love to read more of the E-Tec horror stories, can you
provide me a link to the owner stories? Let me correct that, will
you cut and paste a link to the horror stories he

I'll help Karen out - No, no she can't.
Tom,

Did you rebate check and payola check for Jan. 2006 arrive?

Mine just came in, and they threw in a little extra for me defending
E-Tec in rec.boats.

Easy money, don't you think?

Opps.

Please ignore this message, it was sent in error and was supposed to be
sent via private email.

Damn it all, damn it all to hell. I need to watch what button I am
clicking.

--
Reggie
************************************************** *************
That's my story and I am sticking to it.

************************************************** *************

Reggie Smithers wrote:
Karen,
The problem with your hypothesis is that all the kick-backs, brides,
rebates, volume incentives and whatever provided from the mfg'er to the
dealer also apply with the 4 stroke engines. No dealer has to rely on
E-Tec as their source of income, and can make just as much money selling
4 stroke as they can 2 stroke. If your hypothesis of E-Tec's problems
was correct, it would be much easier for a dealer to provide proof of
the problems with E-Tec, sell the new customer a 4 stroke and look like
a genius and savior to the customer.

I would love to read more of the E-Tec horror stories, can you provide
me a link to the owner stories? Let me correct that, will you cut and
paste a link to the horror stories he

__________________________________________________ ___________________



Karen and Skipper do their reading in the same section of the
library...the fantasy section.