2006 150 Optimax $8500 (NOS)

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Price comparison I haven't a clue. There's not a lot of NOS being sold that I"m aware of. My search for prices shows the following:

o '09 Yamaha 25" 150 at $7k

o '09 Optimax 25" 150 at $9.6k

I didn't bother looking at 4-stroke prices as I figured it's apples and oranges. My readings
seem to indicate that the optimax is a good motor, has more moving parts than normal
and gets decent mpg. However, I wasn't really able to narrow down some of these
data point the the 2006 model which is available to me. I'm hoping ferm, spare, skool and ?
will also chime in with their wealth of experience with regards to this motor. :)