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World's Funniest Outboard Motor Commercial
I actually sat through Evinrude's 30-minute "informerical" on ETEC outboards, and I have to say, I haven't seen anything funnier from a boating manufacturer since...well, since never. Thirty minutes of absolute b.s. I loved the comparison of the 90 hp ETEC with the 90 hp Yamaha and 90 hp Mercury. The ETEC has about 20% less displacement than the Yamaha and one less cylinder and guess what - why - it weighs less! Not much less, but less. Simply amazing! Weighs less than the Merc, too...but the Merc displaces 500 more CC's the the Evinrude. Isn't that amazing...*more* engine weighs more. Second funniest bit - the Evinrude-sponsored professional fishermen, the ones getting the free boats and motors every year - telling us that their ETEC's get "40 to 50% better fuel mileage" than last year's same horsepower unit from...well, it doesn't really matter. Fifty per cent better fuel mileage! Must be the new flux capacitor. And then there's the "winter storage" b.s. Why, with an ETEC, you can do it yourself. Yes you can. And with a Yamaha, why, you can do it yourself. Yes you can. The waterski demo? Did anyone else notice, once the guys finally figured out how to do it, how far away the tow boat was from the skiers? Looked like the length of a football field at least...the boat was totally on plane with its triple outboatds...and running at close to full speed before it yanked the skiers off a platform. Boy, was I impressed, or what. The only thing missing...lifting the hood of a competing Merc and discovering SADDAM's missing WMD's. Well, I'll be looking real hard for some actually running ETECs this summer. Might see one if I get real lucky. snicker |
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World's Funniest Outboard Motor Commercial
On Feb 15, 3:11*pm, HK wrote:
I actually sat through Evinrude's 30-minute "informerical" on ETEC outboards, and I have to say, I haven't seen anything funnier from a boating manufacturer since...well, since never. Thirty minutes of absolute b.s. I loved the comparison of the 90 hp ETEC with the 90 hp Yamaha and 90 hp Mercury. The ETEC has about 20% less displacement than the Yamaha and one less cylinder and guess what - why - it weighs less! Not much less, but less. Simply amazing! Weighs less than the Merc, too...but the Merc displaces 500 more CC's the the Evinrude. Isn't that amazing...*more* engine weighs more. Second funniest bit - the Evinrude-sponsored professional fishermen, the ones getting the free boats and motors every year - telling us that their ETEC's get "40 to 50% better fuel mileage" than last year's same horsepower unit from...well, it doesn't really matter. Fifty per cent better fuel mileage! Must be the new flux capacitor. And then there's the "winter storage" b.s. Why, with an ETEC, you can do it yourself. Yes you can. And with a Yamaha, why, you can do it yourself. Yes you can. The waterski demo? Did anyone else notice, once the guys finally figured out how to do it, how far away the tow boat was from the skiers? Looked like the length of a football field at least...the boat was totally on plane with its triple outboatds...and running at close to full speed before it yanked the skiers off a platform. Boy, was I impressed, or what. The only thing missing...lifting the hood of a competing Merc and discovering SADDAM's missing WMD's. Well, I'll be looking real hard for some actually running ETECs this summer. *Might see one if I get real lucky. *snicker Well, of course Etecs are inferior in every way to Yammys because you have a Yamaha. Because you own one they are the best on the planet, and anything else is junk. Just ask you. |
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World's Funniest Outboard Motor Commercial
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:11:21 -0500, HK wrote:
I actually sat through Evinrude's 30-minute "informerical" on ETEC outboards, and I have to say, I haven't seen anything funnier from a boating manufacturer since...well, since never. Thirty minutes of absolute b.s. I loved the comparison of the 90 hp ETEC with the 90 hp Yamaha and 90 hp Mercury. The ETEC has about 20% less displacement than the Yamaha and one less cylinder and guess what - why - it weighs less! Not much less, but less. Simply amazing! Weighs less than the Merc, too...but the Merc displaces 500 more CC's the the Evinrude. Isn't that amazing...*more* engine weighs more. Second funniest bit - the Evinrude-sponsored professional fishermen, the ones getting the free boats and motors every year - telling us that their ETEC's get "40 to 50% better fuel mileage" than last year's same horsepower unit from...well, it doesn't really matter. Fifty per cent better fuel mileage! Must be the new flux capacitor. And then there's the "winter storage" b.s. Why, with an ETEC, you can do it yourself. Yes you can. And with a Yamaha, why, you can do it yourself. Yes you can. The waterski demo? Did anyone else notice, once the guys finally figured out how to do it, how far away the tow boat was from the skiers? Looked like the length of a football field at least...the boat was totally on plane with its triple outboatds...and running at close to full speed before it yanked the skiers off a platform. Boy, was I impressed, or what. The only thing missing...lifting the hood of a competing Merc and discovering SADDAM's missing WMD's. Well, I'll be looking real hard for some actually running ETECs this summer. Might see one if I get real lucky. snicker Harry, he said he's through with you. Good troll though. -- John H |
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