new Mercury V6

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by spareparts

. I guess Honda might get off their *** and show up with a 275 one of these days

heheh Honda...probably weigh 1000 pounds...


I went to a boat show this weekend. at least 90% of the boats had Yamahas on them. I was asking around about a price for repower of my grady265 with inline4 200s. Some just hemmed & hawed cause they want to sell boats not motors. All Yamaha dealers said they can't get anything over a 150 due to backlog at Yamaha.

Suzuki said the motor guy would have to call me...

I honestly haven't even considered Mercury but these new ones might deserve a look. I won't be repowering until next season at the soonest unless my lottery ticket pays off....

[spareparts]

I had a deal on Yamahas but it fell thru, I can sell you a new Suzuki or Hinda thru one of my distributors. If you're not a full line merc dealer, you're not going to be able to get your hands on a loose Merc. That's a bug reason Merc has lost so much market share. Merc pushes their motors, bolted to their boats. Yamaha, Suzuki, Honda, are going to the independent manufactures to sell motors. Watch this shortage of yamahas t hurt them next year.

Ive got my buddy with the Sea Vee thinking hard about twin 225 3.4 engines. hes probably going to find a pair of 250XS motors for it though

[steplift20]

A couple of things I don't like first it is a ugly design second forget about doing any work on it yourself third expensive forth expensive and they said it starts right up ,my 1988 150 Mercury starts right up too , and I don't like four strokes you are probably going to have to go back a lot of times for maintenance I'm just old school I guess

[phatdaddy]

Average price of gas in 1988 was .90 a gallon. A 150 merc was about $5500 or 6,111 gallons of gas
Average price of gas in 2017 was $2.49. A 150 was $11000 or 4,417 gallons of gas.

Plus , over the lifespan of the engine,1500 hours, it will save you at least 2.5 gph.
2.5 x 1500 =3,750 gallons @ $2.49 = $9,337.50.

My philosphy is the more u use it, the cheaper it gets.

[bradford]

Nice math Phat

Those things are almost as ugly as the G2 Evinrudes, the newer yamahas coming in third, especially the smaller ones. The newer suzuks and the older etec evinrudes are the best looking in my opinion.

[Striper80]

Originally Posted by bradford

Nice math Phat

Those things are almost as ugly as the G2 Evinrudes, the newer yamahas coming in third, especially the smaller ones. The newer suzuks and the older etec evinrudes are the best looking in my opinion.

I’m a big fan of the G1 etec as far as looks are concerned too. I saw a G2 in all black and I actually thought it looked good. In person I don’t find them as hideous as I do in pictures, although it may just be that I have a 98 Johnson on my boat.

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

Average price of gas in 1988 was .90 a gallon. A 150 merc was about $5500 or 6,111 gallons of gas
Average price of gas in 2017 was $2.49. A 150 was $11000 or 4,417 gallons of gas.

Plus , over the lifespan of the engine,1500 hours, it will save you at least 2.5 gph.
2.5 x 1500 =3,750 gallons @ $2.49 = $9,337.50.

My philosphy is the more u use it, the cheaper it gets.

I've done that math too while contemplating new zuki DF200APs for my 265 express. You are absolutely right. If I USE them for 15 years they pay for themselves in gas & oil (vs the 225 Ox66s I have now).

I'm kinda glad those G2s are so ugly...so I don't even have to consider a 2 stroke...

[bgreene]

Outboards keep getting better and better ..........excellent for me because I buy used and will have great choices when my Etec dies out 10,000 hours of use from now !

[steplift20]

I will tell you I get pretty god mileage out of my 1988 and the hole shot is pretty dam good to, it's a little noisy but I like the sound