Re: Verado experiences, Grady and Angler...
 

Evinrude e tec made in USA! Billy Mac ;D

Re: Verado experiences, Grady and Angler...
 

Evinrude e tec made in USA! Billy Mac ;D

Re: Verado experiences, Grady and Angler...
 

I got a 2002 115 hp Ficht Evinrude and it is just a great motor; veryyyyyyyyy quiet; the pee stream out the back makes more noise at idle than the motor. Easy on gas - no troubles at all. Nice looking to. Stay away from Merc - all BAD

Re: Verado experiences, Grady and Angler...
 

I got a 2002 115 hp Ficht Evinrude and it is just a great motor; veryyyyyyyyy quiet; the pee stream out the back makes more noise at idle than the motor. Easy on gas - no troubles at all. Nice looking to. Stay away from Merc - all BAD

Re: Verado experiences, Grady and Angler...
 

Don't know the long-term down-sides to Verado yet, but right now I gotta tell ya this 250's SWEET as 10x sugar ;) 8) ...

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Re: Verado experiences, Grady and Angler...
 

Don't know the long-term down-sides to Verado yet, but right now I gotta tell ya this 250's SWEET as 10x sugar ;) 8) ...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90...n/P9110074.jpg

Re: Verado experiences, Grady and Angler...
 

I wish merc well and I hope they hang in there with better products and customer service managers. I had a bullet proff 83 black max 150 for 11 years that I am sure is still going strong but the last few years have been a slippery slope for Merc and you can count on one thing if you blow one up...you are on your own..even if its under warranty they will try to make it look like you were neglectful. If I had not had a good friend who is a major dealer go to bat for me I would of really been screwed..They knew from the get go that the early opti's were trouble but rather that recall them they let hundreds of guys blow them up and only made good on the ones who were in the one year warranty and screwed everyone else. Frank

Re: Verado experiences, Grady and Angler...
 

I wish merc well and I hope they hang in there with better products and customer service managers. I had a bullet proff 83 black max 150 for 11 years that I am sure is still going strong but the last few years have been a slippery slope for Merc and you can count on one thing if you blow one up...you are on your own..even if its under warranty they will try to make it look like you were neglectful. If I had not had a good friend who is a major dealer go to bat for me I would of really been screwed..They knew from the get go that the early opti's were trouble but rather that recall them they let hundreds of guys blow them up and only made good on the ones who were in the one year warranty and screwed everyone else. Frank

Re: Verado experiences, Grady and Angler...
 

Frank, there are several ''truths'' in what you said, most important being having the right dealer in your corner...My buddy in Charleston has two 1999 Opti-Max 200s on his boat since new...for the most part they have been GREAT motors, although several issues have come up and been resolved in my friend's favor BECAUSE of his dealer...

When buyin' a new outboard, there's just no way to over-stress the importance of WHO you get it from...probably more important than who MADE it...when I got my motor in '04 we had a time w/ proppin' it...our 1st try had great numbers, but caused a ''rattle'' in the lower unit...not knowing what caused it at the time, my dealer had a Honda Tech in Spartanburg and hangin' off my transom goin' across the lake w/ in 3 days...yeah, I was impressed...but the DEALER is the guy who made it happen... ;) ...

Re: Verado experiences, Grady and Angler...
 

Frank, there are several ''truths'' in what you said, most important being having the right dealer in your corner...My buddy in Charleston has two 1999 Opti-Max 200s on his boat since new...for the most part they have been GREAT motors, although several issues have come up and been resolved in my friend's favor BECAUSE of his dealer...

When buyin' a new outboard, there's just no way to over-stress the importance of WHO you get it from...probably more important than who MADE it...when I got my motor in '04 we had a time w/ proppin' it...our 1st try had great numbers, but caused a ''rattle'' in the lower unit...not knowing what caused it at the time, my dealer had a Honda Tech in Spartanburg and hangin' off my transom goin' across the lake w/ in 3 days...yeah, I was impressed...but the DEALER is the guy who made it happen... ;) ...