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Says unless their prices become competitive and they gain a way better and dealer network Honda as for their marine division will always be
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Last they also need to lose the reputation of being slow. You're right Charles. I think Hana does have the
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reputation of being slower and Heavier, I don't know, you know if it's that true anymore
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I mean granted so the the new bf350 that things almost 800 pounds. It's like 700 some pounds
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whereas Mercury's v8 350 or no Mercury's v10 350 is also 795 pounds or whatever 700 some pounds. So like the weight comparison there is pretty close
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outside of Yamaha's 4.3 F350 which comes in it like, you know, I want to say just under 700 pounds that it is
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629 pounds so I mean that one is astronomically lighter than the Honda and the Mercury
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But again, that's a v6 not a v8 or a v10 So, you know that there is that discussion there so Honda might not be as heavy as you think
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I mean it is a little bit heavier, but you know for
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power to weight ratio, it's Maybe a little bit heavier now as far as being slow and that reputation, I mean, yeah, you're right
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They do have that reputation, but I don't really know if they're that really that slow
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I mean, it's not really any slower than any of the other brands
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well, I mean Mercury's obviously faster than everybody because that's what they want to be but
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the dealer network I think is the bigger problem the the lack of a dealer network and
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They've had corrosion issues in saltwater before where they were seen to
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Not hold up because of the dissimilar metals and the things they use to make the engines
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But as far as reliability goes the engine is a super reliable engine, but the dealer network is the problem
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that's the same thing with what's going on with Evinrude and all these people that bought these g2s and
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Have all these engines for Evinrude You got a 10-year warranty But you can't get any like where you gonna take the boat like you got to drive
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Four hours away to find a dealer that will work on your stuff
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and then now you've got to wait four months because you're on a list of
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100 other people that are trying to get stuff so, you know the dealer network is is probably the biggest concern that I would have as
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you know as far as Honda is concerned because you know, if you want if you want to make a break into the industry and
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You know become competitive Then you definitely need to have a dealer network where
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Somebody doesn't have to drive 400 miles towing their boat to get work done or get parts or stuff like that
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Which going back to what Maverick was talking about, you know, can you buy parts from the dealers
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No, you can't so if you can't get parts and you got to go to a dealer that's four hours away
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That's a problem and and a lot of people that have an Evinrude now or you know stuck in that boat where they got a
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boat they got three four year old engines with seven years of warranty left, but you can't
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You can't get work done on it. So I would say that that is probably a
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bigger concern when it comes to You know being competitive and gain
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market share in the marine division Granted I love to see Honda getting more into with the bf350 doing that deal with Scout where they're making a 1905
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boat for Honda So, you know things are happening and you know
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The more they get into the marine industry the only that's just better for everybody in in the boating
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You know having more options is way better for the consumer than not having options
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I mean when you live in a Socialistic communistic regime where you get this and that's it
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That's your only choice then, you know, you take what you can get. So definitely the more the better hundred percent and
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You know, I'm a fan of Honda Said it multiple times before Honda seems to dominate every product that they make
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Except for boats so, you know, I think if they wanted to be in the in the game that they would be more and I think that they are
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Hopefully getting into it. So yeah Figure out the dealer network problem Honda, please
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