Re: 2005 Merc 115 4 stroke WOT?
Hi guys,<br />I told him that 115 wasn't going to make him happy. I also told him that his new 4 stroke won't last like his old 2 stroke motor driving along at full speed ahead all the time.<br /><br />I told him to take a pre-delivery ride. he didn't do it.<br /><br />I told him to get at least a 150. He didn't do it.<br /><br />I told him to get it with boat motor and trailer only. He didn't do it.<br /> We both work for the navy and I am an ET and he is an antenna rigger.we would have no problems rigging a motorguide and electronics. I told him with the money he would save buying the boat bare he could afford the 150. <br /> <br />So instead he spent a ton on that boat all tricked out with a full electronic suite, down riggers and 85Lbs 24-volt motorguide. That boat rocks the way it is laid out don't get me wrong but now he's not happy with the performance.<br />This is not like it is his first boat.<br />He took 2 full years to pull the trigger on buying this boat. I just don't get it!<br /><br />He didn't want to deal with selling his 1996 17ft starcraft so he told me to either give him 500 bucks for it or he was going to donate it.<br />I have been good friends with this guy for 10 years and his behavior still baffles me sometimes.<br /><br />I have been a member on this site for a long time and lurked before that. I have passed on all the great things I have learned here to him and have posted questions in the past on his behalf. Oh well you can lead a horse to water............<br /> Thanks for the info and I will tell him to call the marina and get a 17 pitch. because they rigged it wrong.
