[Geekie1]

I am seriously thinking about repowering my V20. Although my 150 Yammy is still running OK, the Etec looks really good to me. The reason I like the Etec is that it is a 2-stroke. IMHO 4-strokes weigh too much and have too many moving parts and alot more regular maintenance. I can still remember a Nissan van that I had that blew a composition timing belt at 40,500 miles and the warranty expired at 36,000. The engine really went KABANG!!! You guessed it, I don't like 4-stroke non-metal timing belts. Nissan only fixed it after I spent very significant money on lawyer fees and alot of bad-mouthing!!!

The oil for an Etec is expensive but Jonnyrude says it uses alot less. I am trying to find out what the Etec oil really is. Maybe it is 100% synthetic?? When it comes to oil, there seems to be a generic equivalent to all of it. However, I think that for warranty reasons I would use the $30 oil!!! The Etec also gets high marks for clean running and it uses less gas. My local dealer sells both Yamaha and Jonnyrude and he has not had one Etec back for warranty repairs. (So he says!) I am not really that adventurous and I will wait until the jury is totally in on the Etec unless the Yammy goes bang unexpectedly!!