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macojoe
11-13-2008, 12:05 PM
http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/boa/916858886.html
THEFERMANATOR
11-13-2008, 12:17 PM
Man, that add looks to good to be true. I know the market is flooded right now, but that price is a steal for them. 2000 did have some bugs in them, but most of them were worked out with injector replacements. Only downside to these new engines is that you can't just work on em. You need a laptop to check much of anything on em. And they say compressor belts on the OPTI's are known weak area. If you get a good one your set, but just remember one major problem on an OPTI is about the replacement cost on em. Although the OPTIMAX's from 03+ have an excellent track record.
cterrebonne
11-13-2008, 12:32 PM
wow....that is a steal. like ferm said keep some belts and if you want an extra compressor.
randlemanboater
11-13-2008, 08:56 PM
Its gone.
macojoe
11-14-2008, 12:58 AM
Wow that was fast!!
THEFERMANATOR
11-14-2008, 01:02 AM
re-listed

http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/boa/918248252.html

Somethin about these engines bothers me though. This set is what you would expect them to go for.

http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/boa/909260833.html
THEFERMANATOR
11-14-2008, 01:10 AM
SCAMMER!!!! I thought those pics looked familiar. Heres the real ad on EBAY.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2003-twin-pair-Mercury-Optimax-225hp-225-hp-compare-200_W0QQitemZ120333160614QQihZ002QQcategoryZ111126 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
macojoe
11-14-2008, 01:28 AM
What the scam?? I am failing to see something?

I saw them for the $3+k before then fore the $2600 now they have gone back up.

Now crigs & ebay
THEFERMANATOR
11-14-2008, 01:37 AM
The ad you posted this morning was for the $2600, yet these engines have been on EBAY for quite some time now for the $8500 opening bid. I'm betting that somebody is trying to scam people for a deposit off of them on the ad you had up this morning. I didn't notice the price increase on the ad that I just posted earlier, just that it was the same pictures.

Now I see the difference. The pics are the same, yet the ad you posted this morning had a different description to them listing them as 2000's. I bet that's why the ad is gone from this morning.
Skools Out
11-14-2008, 08:51 AM
but both ads ebay and craigslist have the same name listed?
THEFERMANATOR
11-14-2008, 12:11 PM
but both ads ebay and craigslist have the same name listed?

The I just posted do. The one that MJ put up this morning was a different description with these same pictures.