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New Mercury Engine Announcement- Anything There For You?
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02/12/15 05:22 PM
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PhishWhisperer
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Well, Mercury just announced their new engines at the Miami International Boat Show: a whopper 350 Verado, a mega-whopper 400R racing Verado, and a huge stern drive. This didn't quite "change the game" for me! I was hoping to see some dramatic innovation in the everyman's horsepower range of, say, 150 to 250, and lighter four-stroke or cleaner two-stroke. I don't know how many customers Mercury sees for these big heavy machines, but I think they forgot about the rest of us!
Anybody want a 350 or 400R Verado on their bass boat?
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Re: New Mercury Engine Announcement- Anything There For You?
[Re: PhishWhisperer]
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02/12/15 05:23 PM
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JIM SR.
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Re: New Mercury Engine Announcement- Anything There For You?
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02/12/15 06:03 PM
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Happykamper
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There Pro XS engines are so good that it is hard to improve on perfection.
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Re: New Mercury Engine Announcement- Anything There For You?
[Re: PhishWhisperer]
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02/13/15 02:41 AM
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Re: New Mercury Engine Announcement- Anything There For You?
[Re: PhishWhisperer]
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02/13/15 02:48 AM
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Dubee
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Any merc vs a yamaha slo.
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Re: New Mercury Engine Announcement- Anything There For You?
[Re: PhishWhisperer]
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02/13/15 04:44 PM
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gary purdy
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Very disappointing. The guy announcing was having problems to boot.
The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything. Remember what He has done and remember that He is not done yet!-- GOD IS GOOD
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Re: New Mercury Engine Announcement- Anything There For You?
[Re: PhishWhisperer]
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02/13/15 04:56 PM
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fouzman
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The larger engines are probably for the offshore market.
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out" - Zachary Troy Schrah - a young man with vision far beyond his years.
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Re: New Mercury Engine Announcement- Anything There For You?
[Re: Happykamper]
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02/13/15 05:22 PM
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Bass98
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There Pro XS engines are so good that it is hard to improve on perfection. Love mine so far!
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Re: New Mercury Engine Announcement- Anything There For You?
[Re: PhishWhisperer]
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02/13/15 05:58 PM
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txmasterpo
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Someone will mount that 400 on an unlimited HP bass boat hull I bet! I'm not riding in it though!!
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Re: New Mercury Engine Announcement- Anything There For You?
[Re: PhishWhisperer]
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02/13/15 09:20 PM
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adam_p
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They need to knock about 100lbs off of them if they want to market to the bass boat crowd.
Rich at Hydrilla Gear did just rig up a Bullet 20cc with a 350 Verado though, it will be interesting to see what it will do. I doubt it is any better than a 300xs.
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Re: New Mercury Engine Announcement- Anything There For You?
[Re: PhishWhisperer]
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02/14/15 12:50 AM
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BThomas
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Definitely not an answer to the Evinrude G2. Complacency does not keep consumers.
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Re: New Mercury Engine Announcement- Anything There For You?
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02/14/15 01:10 AM
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Lee in Texas
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OMG.... 350 or 400 either one would SINK MY RIG~~~ God Bless
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Re: New Mercury Engine Announcement- Anything There For You?
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02/14/15 02:20 AM
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Happykamper
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Definitely not an answer to the Evinrude G2. Complacency does not keep consumers. That's funny, the day Evinrude catches Mercury we will all be dead.
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Re: New Mercury Engine Announcement- Anything There For You?
[Re: Happykamper]
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02/14/15 02:25 AM
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BThomas
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Definitely not an answer to the Evinrude G2. Complacency does not keep consumers. That's funny, the day Evinrude catches Mercury we will all be dead. BRP has done some great things with Evinrude. Sad that you do not have much longer.
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Re: New Mercury Engine Announcement- Anything There For You?
[Re: BThomas]
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02/14/15 02:55 AM
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Happykamper
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Definitely not an answer to the Evinrude G2. Complacency does not keep consumers. That's funny, the day Evinrude catches Mercury we will all be dead. BRP has done some great things with Evinrude. Sad that you do not have much longer. I guess we will see, I figure I have at least another 30 years, comparing Evinrude to Mercury is like comparing Lone Star beer to Budweiser
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