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Lee County (FL) sheriff's boats sporting glossy new Evinrudes.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message


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JimH wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message


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JimH,
It might help if you posted a list of approved topics, this looked like
an On Topic discussion concerning ETEC outboard engines.

Wayne.B wrote:
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8...erescuekx2.jpg
Lee County (FL) sheriff's boats sporting glossy new Evinrudes.

gfretwell wrote:
The charter boat guys have about a year on theirs here in the Estero
River and they still love them. They have broke a couple lower units
hitting logs in the river but no power head problems. They are doing
1500-2000 hrs a year.

I like everything about 'em except the price. Anybody have a theory on
why they're so much more expensive than their 4 stroke bretheren
(Yamaha in particular)? Logic would indicate the price should be
lower.... or at least close.

Rick

lid wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8...erescuekx2.jpg
Lee County (FL) sheriff's boats sporting glossy new Evinrudes.

gfretwell wrote:
The charter boat guys have about a year on theirs here in the Estero
River and they still love them. They have broke a couple lower units
hitting logs in the river but no power head problems. They are doing
1500-2000 hrs a year.

I like everything about 'em except the price. Anybody have a theory on
why they're so much more expensive than their 4 stroke bretheren
(Yamaha in particular)? Logic would indicate the price should be
lower.... or at least close.

Rick


Really low sales volume.

On Apr 24, 8:28*am, wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8...erescuekx2.jpg
Lee County (FL) sheriff's boats sporting glossy new Evinrudes.
gfretwell wrote:
The charter boat guys have about a year on theirs here in the Estero
River and they still love them. They have broke a couple lower units
hitting logs in the river but no power head problems. They are doing
1500-2000 hrs a year.

I like everything about 'em except the price. Anybody have a theory on
why they're so much more expensive than their 4 stroke bretheren
(Yamaha in particular)? Logic would indicate the price should be
lower.... or at least close.

Rick

Harry doesn't own one so they're junk. Just ask him.

On Apr 23, 7:32*pm, "JimH" wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message

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More name calling from the sheriff.

wrote:
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 -0500, lid wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8...erescuekx2.jpg
Lee County (FL) sheriff's boats sporting glossy new Evinrudes.
gfretwell wrote:
The charter boat guys have about a year on theirs here in the Estero
River and they still love them. They have broke a couple lower units
hitting logs in the river but no power head problems. They are doing
1500-2000 hrs a year.
I like everything about 'em except the price. Anybody have a theory on
why they're so much more expensive than their 4 stroke bretheren
(Yamaha in particular)? Logic would indicate the price should be
lower.... or at least close.

Rick

I suppose it is development cost. They had a jagged learning curve
with the ficht and Bombardier did honor the warranty on those as they
threw the Suzirude people under the bus. Etec survives the same way
the "flying wing" did, through better computers.
4 Stroke is a more mature technology but computers made it a lot
better too. Neither of these are your daddy's outboard that you could
fix oin the water with a pair of pliers and a paper clip but they do
run better across a wider RPM band.


There's no long-term production run possible for FrenchiRude unless it
starts to gain some serious market share. That hasn't happened yet.

On Apr 24, 12:05*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 -0500, wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8...erescuekx2.jpg
Lee County (FL) sheriff's boats sporting glossy new Evinrudes.

gfretwell wrote:
The charter boat guys have about a year on theirs here in the Estero
River and they still love them. They have broke a couple lower units
hitting logs in the river but no power head problems. They are doing
1500-2000 hrs a year.

I like everything about 'em except the price. Anybody have a theory on
why they're so much more expensive than their 4 stroke bretheren
(Yamaha in particular)? Logic would indicate the price should be
lower.... or at least close.

Rick

I suppose it is development cost. They had a jagged learning curve
with the ficht and Bombardier did honor the warranty on those as they
threw the Suzirude people under the bus. Etec survives the same way
the "flying wing" did, through better computers.
4 Stroke is a more mature technology but computers made it a lot
better too. Neither of these are your daddy's outboard that you could
fix oin the water with a pair of pliers and a paper clip but they do
run better across a wider RPM band.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

But you must remember, if Harry doesn't own something, it's junk.

On Thu, 24 Apr 08, HK wrote:
gfretwell wrote:
PhantMan wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8...erescuekx2.jpg
Lee County (FL) sheriff's boats sporting glossy new Evinrudes.
gfretwell wrote:
The charter boat guys have about a year on theirs here in the Estero
River and they still love them. They have broke a couple lower units
hitting logs in the river but no power head problems. They are doing
1500-2000 hrs a year.
I like everything about 'em except the price. Anybody have a theory on
why they're so much more expensive than their 4 stroke bretheren
(Yamaha in particular)? Logic would indicate the price should be
lower.... or at least close.

I suppose it is development cost. They had a jagged learning curve
with the ficht and Bombardier did honor the warranty on those as they
threw the Suzirude people under the bus. Etec survives the same way
the "flying wing" did, through better computers.
4 Stroke is a more mature technology but computers made it a lot
better too. Neither of these are your daddy's outboard that you could
fix oin the water with a pair of pliers and a paper clip but they do
run better across a wider RPM band.

There's no long-term production run possible for FrenchiRude unless it
starts to gain some serious market share. That hasn't happened yet.

True it hasn't happened yet but part of that can be attributed to the
price. Seems to me Bombardier should cut their price and take some
losses at first to gain market share. Only time will tell if their
technology has actually improved or is more of the same. I'm sure my
local Evinrude guy knows the answer to that, he's pretty sharp, but he
ain't sayin'. I asked him straight up if he'd seen the same problems
with the new ones as OMC had. and he looked me straight in the eye and
asked... "What problems?" That was the end of that conversation.

Rick