HELP,HELP HONDA9.9 VS 15HP

[WOOLY BUGGER]

SALESMAN TOLD ME THE 15 HP WOULD ONLY GO 2 OR 3 MILES AN HOUR FASTER THAN THE 9.9, SOUND LOGICAL? IM THINKING ABOUT EITHER ONE FOR FISHING IDAHO LAKES, ALSO WITH AN ELECTRIC START AS IM TIRED OF CRANKING MY OLD MERC. ANY COMMENTS

 

[JB]

Re: HELP,HELP HONDA9.9 VS 15HP

Howdy, Wooly Bugger. I agree with your salesman, with one possible exception: that the 15 could get your boat on plane and the 9.9 couldn't. Then the 15 would be a lot faster.<br /><br />Red sky at night. . .<br />JB

 

[Fouled Plug]

Re: HELP,HELP HONDA9.9 VS 15HP

I agree with JB. A surplus of horsepower is much better than a lack of it.

 

[DJ]

Re: HELP,HELP HONDA9.9 VS 15HP

WB,<br /><br />If your boat's rated for it-go for the 15. Just because you have it doesn't mean you have to use it. The fifteen won't work as hard either.

 

[SeaDawg]

Re: HELP,HELP HONDA9.9 VS 15HP

WB, you should really like the 15. I owned a 1993 Honda 15, that I ran for a couple of years on a 14 Ft. Sea Nymph. The dealer then allowed me everything I paid ($1,900 back then) on a trade for a 1995 Honda 25hp.<br /><br />Loved it (both of them). I told the salesman I would not buy the 15 unless he traded the factory 3 gallon tank with a 6 gallon tank. Big mistake. I would run the 15 sometimes for 16 hours straight, and NEVER used over 2 gallons of gas. <br /><br />The 3 gallon will do fine, is my point. Actually, I never used of 3 gallons of gas for a single trip with the 25, I I took some looonnnggg trips with it too. Both got over 15 mpg on the 14 footer.