Billgran wrote:
"ksmith1" wrote in message
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At your worst you admitted 1 in 5 with Ficht & that means you'll always
gather up more none problem motors than problem ones...



I did not admit to that. It is a quote from the then president of OMC David
Jones in a press conference and it applied only to 25" shaft 150-175hp 1998
models. If you remember back then, I was the one who brought it to your
attention as you have no real info or knowledge, both now and back then, of
the outboard industry.


Thanks for that Bill as you say "you" didn't "admit" anything & never
have:-) However my recollection was we already knew about the 1 in 5
failure number & yes you then confirmed the then boss of OMC as the
source. If you say that is not an admission, then I guess that's what
you say.

Clearly you'll never be making any admissions on E-Tec?? Although I
admit to being surprised the other day when you stopped Tom trying to
run his it's not an E-Tec it's a Ficht line; when confronted with melted
pistons, again thanks acknowledged as straight shooting & well done.

What say you now then about the fact that you've got the cheap to build
2 stroke old technology E-Tecs being priced 20% above the hi tech Mercs
or Yamahas???

Does the extra go into the dealers' pockets??? & is that why you will
say most anything to keep selling them?? is it a deal to recoup from an
unsuspecting public, your claimed losses on the Fichts?? I remember when
Ficht was in the same position OMC upped your total agg. kickbacks
(rebates & all the other) to 30%, so it seems you're on even better this
time, for a while:-)

K