"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:20:47 GMT, "Butch Davis"
wrote:

Perhaps most dealers are not as well informed as you and lack your
technical
expertise

You are assuming Mrs. Dingo Bait actually has any technical expertise.

Trust me - she doesn't.

We do know that dealers will sell what they have, emphasizing the good
points and ignoring the bad points. Chevy dealers were flogging the
Vega, right up until they weren't. "what corrosion? They just were
sloppy and didn't change the antifreeze", then the Olds dealers were
flogging the Olds Diesel... Until they weren't. Caddy dealers were
flogging the 4-6-8 until the recall made them all just 8. Honda touted
the 450 twin with the torsion bar valve springs. That really took over
the industry.

Dealers sell stuff. It is what they do. It isn't their job to do your
homework or protect you from yourself. And if there is a spiff or
allowance for selling a particular thing, the salespeople will try harder
to sell the item that puts more money in their pocket. Seen the Schwab
commercials? Some Brokers churn accounts and recommend inappropriate
investments if it is in their best interest. Boat salesdroids sell what
makes them money. And if you ask them about problems, butter wouldn't
melt in their mouths. Particularily those large volume places. Small
town dealers less so, at least with locals. Screw a few locals and life
gets hard.

How naive are you? You don't seem like one that just fell off the turnip
truck. Karen just lets normal dealer behavior make her angry. To me it
is just a fact of life. I just had a dealer telling me how strong the 90
hp were and "outpulled carb'd 115s"
" Hi Dinger,
I am an Evinrude dealer, so I am not sure if you will buy what I have to
say or not, but here goes. The power I have seen from the E-TECs in
comparison to any of the other OMC or BRP product lines is inpressive.
The Direct Injection models did come close, but still don't put out like
the E-TEC. I put out 2 of the 90 E-TECs last summer and they easily
outperformed the carbed 115 Johnson/Evinrude motors. They pulled much
harder, were much quieter and used about half of the fuel. They are a
phenominal motors and most of the hype about them is true. I think that
you will be pleasently surprised."
http://www.fishingminnesota.com/foru...b=5&o=&fpart=1
(for the folks that want citations)


As to the merit of etec, Bombadier family seems to have bet the company
on it. We shall see what happens over the next few years. Mercury seems
to have concluded that 4strokes are the wave of the future. Likewise
Suzuki. It is hard to tell what Yamaha is doing. So Bombadier is pretty
much standing alone, although Merc hasn't officially killed off future
Optimax development.

If my carbed motor dies, I think the replacement will be a 4stoke.

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