"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:08:57 -0500, hk wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:11:19 -0500, hk wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

On the plus side, BRP is putting the Johnson brand into sleep mode for
a couple of years (nice little rumor about what the Johnson brand is
going to become) and ETECs are going to be produced in three new small
flavors - 9.9, 15 and 25 and being introduced in 2009.

Soon, ETEC will rule the world!!!

MMMUUUUUUAAAWWWWAAAAHHHHHAAAAAA!!!!!

All this with hardly any sales and very few dealers. eBay?

Of course Harry - you would know.

90% of the outboards on display were ETECs at Boston.

Setting up at the CMTA show yesterday, mostly ETECs. A few Verados,
very few Yamahas.

Only the stuck in the mud, Lego built Parkers were wedded to Yamaha.

Ancient technology - move up to the real world Harry - go ETEC.

You know you want to. :)


There are fewer eTecs on the water around here than Suzukis, and there
are very few Suzukis. If eTecs are so great, why are so few of them
being sold?

Because people in Maryland and Virginia don't have a clue?

ETEC is making a real penetration in the four stroke market up here -
you are seeing more and more of them as the smarter folks actually
look into it and see that Yamaha - well, no other way to put it - is
largely made in China, less efficient, less power-to-weight ratio and,
frankly, suck. :)

Heh, heh, heh...

VE VILL RULE ZA VORLD!!!

I doubt the rule the za world stuff. The motor is too complicated for lots
of the world. Why you see Yamaha 2 and 4 strokes and Honda's in Central and
South America. And other remote places. Seeing more Etec around here and
couple of guys I know that have them really like them. But the Ficht F'up
and the fact a bunch of people got stucking holding the bag when Warrantee's
went away, leaves a bad taste and worry with buyers. Until there is 10
years or so of Etec history of little failure and the company is going to be
in business, the sales are going to be small.