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esailor
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Initially Posted - 07/31/2006 : 10:21:00

I was reading about various motor opinions below and was curious. What are some of the ballpark prices for these 8,9 and 9.9 hp long shaft engines? I have no idea I would guess around 2-3 thousand?

Pete Hagar
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Response Posted - 07/31/2006 : 10:29:12

I was able to answer my own question with a little research.

http://www.onlineoutboards.com/

Teach me to search before I post

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Response Posted - 07/31/2006 : 11:22:58

When you've narrowed it down to a couple, ask here for opinions. Most OB's on the market these days are very good.
For my money, I like to buy from a vendor that does warranty work and has a shop nearby. The internet is a great place to buy many things. Things with warranties should be purchased from the local guy.
A friend in our sailing club lost half of a very short sailing season waiting for a bargain priced OB to show up.
And, buy the longest shaft OB available.

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 08/01/2006 : 05:32:57

There are many that have bought their outboards mail-order and have had success doing it that way. I agree with Mike above (Stampeder) about buying it from a local guy when it comes to certain things. The shear bulkiness of a motor and supporting the local guy that inevitably will be the easiest to service the motor if an when it needs servicing had me thinking about making this a local purchase. Also, there are some motors that I believe they mostly sell only locally. new Honda outboards, i believe, have a stipulation from Honda that the motor shall be set up by the local guy and water tested. I could be wrong about that but many mail-order places do not sell Hondas.

I bought my Honda 9.9 from a marina very close to where I dock my boat. I bought the motor from the Washington marina which is along the Washington, DC waterfront and is the oldest marina in the DC area. Interesting thing at least for me was that when I bought the motor (this past February), I thought it was at a time when the marina would not be busy. But they were very busy fulfilling a govt contract for Homeland Security. It was something like over $1M dollars worth of Zodiac inflatables with Evinrude motors. They were setting them up, test riding them and then deflating them and shipping them out. Even so, they had a nukber of new 2006 Hinda 9.9s in boxes and set up my motor with water test with about a week of when I bought the motor. The mechanic wanted me to come down to witness the testing and went over a bunch of things with me. I was very happy with the personal service.

Interesting thing is that I had been researching what motor to buy for at least several months. Washington marina sold at least 4 or 5 of the top brands - Tohatsu, Nissan, Yamaha, Evinrude, Johnson and Honda. (Maybe not the Nissan.) Anyway, the marina is family owned and believe the son ran the business. The father was oftentimes running the front desk and they also have a huge engine parts support department with some workers there as well besides the engine mechanic(s). Over the months of stopping in occassionally, they were not in a rush to sell me a motor. They wante dto make sure my outboard motor bracket was satisfactory and kept lecturing me on checking the transom and considering replacing the bracket. As it tuened out, I did replace the bracket thru Catalina Direct. But I appreciate the wealth of info and care they had at this marina for the customer.

Hondas are very expensive and that combined with buying it locally, it turns out to be much more than a numbe rof outboards on the market. I think the Honda are competitive in price with the Yamahas depending on hp rating but if you can get a Yamaha mail-order, then it will be less expensive. I believe all the other motors are less expensive bought either by mail-order or locally.

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Response Posted - 08/01/2006 : 08:02:51

I purchased a 06 Nissan from Onlineoutboards. They were excellent and the motor has been even better. I do my own maintenance and the Nissan seem to be very user friendly. I now have 64 hours on mine and it continues to run perfectly. I trailer-sail and move more than I like, so having a local dealer was a non-issue for me.

Tom.

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Response Posted - 08/02/2006 : 15:57:57

do the electric start Yamahas still come without an exterior mounted pull cord? If so, I would not like to have to take the cowling off in order to pull start a motor.
I bought my Honda in the winter and the dealer took 500 off list.
Dealers must set up and test the Hondas per the manufacturer, that's why you cant buy them off the internet.

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