First,<br />Great job clearing up the misinformation on most of these threads JOSIPVOYAGER.<br />Second,<br />I'm not aware that Honda sells a 175HP outboard in the US (i.e. BF175 model, maybe only in Japan)<br />Third,<br />NEWTOBOATSMAN: You complained that mercurys were said to be yamahas, so how could they be called less reliable.<br />ANSWER: Settle down a little and read clearly. He said the mercury "FOUR-STROKES" were basically yamahas. When he is talking reliability, he is talking the "TWO-STROKE" lineup of the brands!