HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:34:33 -0400, HK wrote:

How many times do you have to be told, Reggie?
Don't offer me advice and don't ask me questions.

Make that read "embarassing" questions.


No, Wayne, that isn't it. Sorry.

Harry,
I am sure many people would want to know what changed in 4 stroke tech.
vs 2 stroke tech. that made you change your mind? From what I can tell,
the ETEC is an improvement over the Optimax you had, and 4 stroke is 4
stroke.

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:34:33 -0400, HK wrote:

How many times do you have to be told, Reggie?
Don't offer me advice and don't ask me questions.

Make that read "embarassing" questions.


No, Wayne, that isn't it. Sorry.

Harry,
I am sure many people would want to know what changed in 4 stroke tech.
vs 2 stroke tech. that made you change your mind? From what I can tell,
the ETEC is an improvement over the Optimax you had, and 4 stroke is 4
stroke.


There were no changes in 4 v. 2 technology that made me change my mind.
Hope that helps.

HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:34:33 -0400, HK wrote:

How many times do you have to be told, Reggie?
Don't offer me advice and don't ask me questions.

Make that read "embarassing" questions.


No, Wayne, that isn't it. Sorry.

Harry,
I am sure many people would want to know what changed in 4 stroke
tech. vs 2 stroke tech. that made you change your mind? From what I
can tell, the ETEC is an improvement over the Optimax you had, and 4
stroke is 4 stroke.


There were no changes in 4 v. 2 technology that made me change my mind.
Hope that helps.

So why did you change your mind?

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:02:01 -0400, HK wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:47:00 -0400, HK wrote:

John H. wrote:

Harry, do you know of any tests showing fuel consumption of the Yamaha 150?


Yamaha has pages and pages of "performance bulletins" on its engines, on
its website.

I guess I'm just plain stupid. I go to the site, click on performance
bulletins, select '4 stroke', 115hp and up, and then there are no
selections. This is the page I'm going to:

http://tinyurl.com/2atzwm


There's a flaw in the way the page works. Select "ALL" three times until
you get to the Boat Manufacturer's Name, then select the name you want.
It'll pull up all the boats of that line that were tested, and you can
see the results for the various matchups between engines and boats. At
least it works that way for me.

Drove me more nuts until I figured it out. Don't ask me why it works
that way. But it does.

Holy ****! http://tinyurl.com/yv5fo5

I've tried several times, but couldn't get it to work. Thanks.

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:48:22 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

WE WILL RULE THE WORLD!!!

Er...

Um...

Never mind. :)

I am positive if there was a problem with ETEC, we would have heard
about it in rec.boats.

So what do you guess is the market share on ETEC?

Don't know. Probably not high compared to Yamaha's. I do know that
Bombardier made an attempt to link engines and boats with their
Fishhawk line, but that lasted for only two years.

Yamaha's success has largely been due to their linkage with
manufacturers on exclusive deals. Customers aren't given any other
choice.

Hard to fight that.

I can say with relative authority, that on bass boats which you can
make a choice, ETECs tend to sell at about the same pace and once you
sell somebody an ETEC, it's instant conversion.

Other than that, can't say.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:48:22 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

WE WILL RULE THE WORLD!!!

Er...

Um...

Never mind. :)
I am positive if there was a problem with ETEC, we would have heard
about it in rec.boats.

So what do you guess is the market share on ETEC?

Don't know. Probably not high compared to Yamaha's. I do know that
Bombardier made an attempt to link engines and boats with their
Fishhawk line, but that lasted for only two years.

Yamaha's success has largely been due to their linkage with
manufacturers on exclusive deals. Customers aren't given any other
choice.

Hard to fight that.

I can say with relative authority, that on bass boats which you can
make a choice, ETECs tend to sell at about the same pace and once you
sell somebody an ETEC, it's instant conversion.

Other than that, can't say.

The tie in with the mfg'er seems to limit ETEC as an option. I have the
feeling that is why Harry switched to Yamaha

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:53:18 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:10:16 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Did you use a tachyon particle beam through the deflector dish to
build a force field?

All the really cool people do that. :)

On old technology boats like ours we make extensive use of tin foil
and bovine fecal matter deflectors.

Ah - alrighty then...

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:34:33 -0400, HK wrote:

How many times do you have to be told, Reggie?
Don't offer me advice and don't ask me questions.

Make that read "embarassing" questions.


No, Wayne, that isn't it. Sorry.

Harry,
I am sure many people would want to know what changed in 4 stroke
tech. vs 2 stroke tech. that made you change your mind? From what I
can tell, the ETEC is an improvement over the Optimax you had, and 4
stroke is 4 stroke.


There were no changes in 4 v. 2 technology that made me change my mind.
Hope that helps.

So why did you change your mind?


About what, specifically?

HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:34:33 -0400, HK
wrote:

How many times do you have to be told, Reggie?
Don't offer me advice and don't ask me questions.

Make that read "embarassing" questions.


No, Wayne, that isn't it. Sorry.

Harry,
I am sure many people would want to know what changed in 4 stroke
tech. vs 2 stroke tech. that made you change your mind? From what I
can tell, the ETEC is an improvement over the Optimax you had, and 4
stroke is 4 stroke.


There were no changes in 4 v. 2 technology that made me change my mind.
Hope that helps.

So why did you change your mind?


About what, specifically?

At one time you stated there is no way you would ever buy a Yamaha 4
stroke, and that high tech 2 stroke was the only way to go. I think you
actually said you didn't believe Yamaha 4 stroke would ever make it in
the market place. What made you deciede to buy a Yamaha? I figured it
was because that is the only option you had for tht LTP

On Oct 11, 11:26 am, HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:





HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:34:33 -0400, HK wrote:

How many times do you have to be told, Reggie?
Don't offer me advice and don't ask me questions.

Make that read "embarassing" questions.

No, Wayne, that isn't it. Sorry.

Harry,
I am sure many people would want to know what changed in 4 stroke
tech. vs 2 stroke tech. that made you change your mind? From what I
can tell, the ETEC is an improvement over the Optimax you had, and 4
stroke is 4 stroke.

There were no changes in 4 v. 2 technology that made me change my mind.
Hope that helps.

So why did you change your mind?

About what, specifically?- Hide quoted text -

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I don't really remember but I think he is suggesting that you used to
be against 4 strokes, now you swear by them. Personally I don't see a
problem with that as long as the 4 have "come around". Technology
advances, smart folks adjust. I remember an old tech teacher talking
about all the mechanics that refused to change over when cars went
from generators, to alternators. He noted however that most of them
had put windows in place of garage doors and made their living selling
milk, cigs, and bread