Re: Should I avoid a Mercury Force outboard
Sorry Tommy,
I didn't mean to get your panties in a twist!
I thought this was a factual knowledge-based forum in which we were allowed to post information.....based on experience. It is nice to hear that you have great luck with your Force, but getting shifty over someones else's REAL LIFE bad experiences is, in my opinion, out of line. SO, with that said, I will encourage you and anybody else that I may have offended to do the right thing.... Make me a believer! lol
I didn't give up on my motor YET; but I am getting close. On the other hand, you seem to think very very very highly of your Force, I mean you're defending it like I just insulted one of your family members!. Throughout my journey with my Force, I did in fact hear numerous times to "stop kicking a dead horse" and that I will never get it running the way I want. Well, OBVIOUSLY I did not listen, I still saw potential so I kept going.
HERE is another true story, there have been times in my life, where I was wrong. This might be one of them, IF - WE can join FORCES - and get my motor running properly...
SO ladys and gentlemen, women and children of all ages and sizes I ask of you THIS!
Please Help ME! lol
Check out my other post! you will feel my pain, maybe you can help! If I can rectify this problem, I will retract everything bad that I have ever said about Tom's baby's little brother! (125HP)
As far as the 4 stroke goes; well, those motors purr like a kitten. Very quiet, which is important to me. I have some pretty nice soundproofing material on the inside of my hood but man, those things are quite. Performance, is very nice too. I actually had the opportunity to cruise in a 21' criss craft cuddy cabin, with one of those new puppies on it and I'll tell you this, WHAT A RIDE! Up and out in seconds, top speed was 51! I saw this guy when we were down at the Point, (where the rivers meet in Pittsburgh), a few weeks ago and asked him about his motor because I was checking into them. He asked me if I wanted to go for a cruise, and cruise we did. He said he used to have a Johnson 150HP v6 on there and it wasn't pulling like this one. Plus the biggest bonus of all was: NO 2 CYCLE OIL. He said that it was like working on a car motor too, which, personally, I'll work on anything so that wasn't a selling point for me. He said he paid $12,000.00 for it though! THAT IS CRAZY! After mentioning what he paid he proceeded to tell me that he was able to sell off his Johnson for $3000.00 so he ended up having $9000.00. Which is still a LOT.
The only reason I would even consider that is because I completely re-manufactured my boat from the inside out. (my first boat 3 years ago) I didn't know what I was getting into and when I do stuff, I do it! PERIOD. (100% or nothing at all) SO again, with THAT said, if I knew what I know now about boats, I would have just BOUGHT A BRAND NEW ONE! lol
That was the first and last boat I will ever redo. My next boat will be new, or only a few (1-3) years old. BUT, I will keep this boat too because it is the way I want it, except for the motor... I'll use this as a run-a-bout/ski boat and I want to get a 27'-32' cruiser to have family/friends on comfortably for a night out or to sleep on over the weekend if need be.
Whoa! Okay, back to the post....
I do apologize if my information about Force motors offended you or anyone else, that was not my intension. I was just trying to help out someone who asked a question.
If you would would like to join my adventure on my other post, PLEASE!~ you are MORE than welcome and your help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Thanks,
-Mark