around here the Yamaha is king, the suzukis coming in second, the verados have become the "price motor" and most people around here wouldn't have an e-tec if you gave them one. But that is the general consinsus, based on peoples opinions, not facts. There is only one dealer here that I would trust with an e-tec and they do an excellent job with an excelent product(although expensive), there are a ton of people that will work on Yamahas around here, the suzuki dealers are the same dealers that handle Yamaha, so they are about the same. The mercury dealers generally are the carpet, vynil, and sticker boat dealers, you ususally have to wait in line behind the customers with the big payment books to get your motor looked at. For me personally, I'd look at an Opti max first, then the 175 Suzuki. Funny thing, nobody even considers Honda on a repower, one of these days Honda is going to realize how much of the market ther are letting yamaha and suzuki take and get serious about it.
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