What is wrong with Mercury?

**Chaz** · 08-12-2021, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by TraceF3

Have the Earth's poles reversed today?????? Chaz has actually posted something meaningful? And factual? Can this be true... or are my eyes deceiving me??????

And here you were starting to show sign's of improvement.

Everything I post is from a meaningful factual basis or from my experience.

You on the other hand , can't trust your own eye's or judgment. (see above)

Now that you have relegated yourself back to pond scum level ... tell Gumby .. I said howdy ...

TooSkroke said :

I do not try to "support communists." You might be surprised how many components in your "assembled in the USA" Speed Queen come from other countries - including China - though.

Same as new Mercury's. That's why it's impossible for them to give an accurate delivery date on anything.
Those kids that want to sit on the couch and make $100,000.00 a year , become exec's at big company's or leftist politicians . Look at the fine job they are doing thru-out or country ... Ppffttttttt

**Chaz** · 08-13-2021, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by HStream1

All you need is a Dubai address and youll get what you ordered Cat Quick.

Or be a high volume boat manufacture , then you get top priority.

Just think , it you were a Mercury dealership ( we have two Yamaha dealers a little more than a stone's throw from each other on A1A) that had to buy a franchise , send tech's to school , stock parts , stock less popular engines , have a service writer that will stand in the parking lot with an irate customer for as long as it takes to bring him back off the ledge , provide warranty work ... sometimes ahead of work already in progress , yet be put on the back burner when it comes to getting the "new" popular models.

Chaz = thinkin, when Cigarette needs a rack of fo-fiddy's .. they should have to go down the street and buy them from the mom and pop shop .. like everybody else .

**XstreamVking** · 08-13-2021, 05:18 PM

Bingo, you win a prize....That's our problem right there....

**Will hedrick** · 08-13-2021, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by XstreamVking

Bingo, you win a prize....That's our problem right there....

I bet his prize says made in China or Vietnam lol

**mr fun** · 08-13-2021, 08:01 PM

glad i have all the junk I need, just getting parts is the problem paddle board parts are apparently back ordered

**bigbore** · 08-15-2021, 11:08 AM

I have to say/my family bought a tri/toon about 10yrs ago with a Mercury 150hp 4 stroke n they’ve had good luck with it/it runs well and does what it should.

**mr fun** · 08-15-2021, 11:04 PM

merc is so busy schmoozing the fatcats that drop tons of money with the big high dollar stuff they forgot the little guy . when you can buy a 650 hp smallblock chevy crate motor for 7500.00 bucks and they want close to 40,000 grand for a zink propulsion unit something is outa whack .

**JR IN JAX** · 08-16-2021, 11:12 AM

Good news... I found a new ProMax 32" at Offshore Specialties in Fort Myers and it will be leaving to come here this afternoon.
I remembered that I had purchased from them before and they had a huge stock of inventory there, ready to ship. My Performance Propeller 28" Drag 4 will be my spare prop.

**Petey** · 08-16-2021, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by JR IN JAX

When my 1 1/2 year old Hill Drag 5 cracked a blade back on June 19 and I ordered a new 31.5 Pro Max that was supposed to ship in 2 days. The Date then changed from 6/19 to 7/1 and then to 7/19, then 8/9 and now 8/31. Is Merc Racing having to get someone to swim to China and pick up my prop?

Can Merc Racing be trusted to have my prop to me on 8/31 or should I have someone build a custom prop again.

Please advise.....

Merc Racing is 8 weeks out on all new prop orders.

**XstreamVking** · 08-16-2021, 02:07 PM

Offshore is a great dealer. Donny and Don are good people. They are my dealer and long time friends and are xtreemly reliable and honest.

**JR IN JAX** · 08-17-2021, 08:19 PM

Got my new prop already this afternoon and hope to test it tomorrow. I hope my 300XS will spin a 14.5 x 32 Promax enough to get it out of the hole.
If it works well, we are planning to go back to Silver Glenn on Friday [via the Palatka ramp].

The trailing edge of the Promax is the thickest I have ever seen on an outboard blade.

**engineermike** · 08-17-2021, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by JR IN JAX

The trailing edge of the Promax is the thickest I have ever seen on an outboard blade.

When I first saw one I thought the blades were bent from hitting something. Nope, that’s by design and to date it was the fastest 4-blade I ever tried.

**Chaz** · 08-17-2021, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by JR IN JAX

Good news... I found a new ProMax 32" at Offshore Specialties in Fort Myers and it will be leaving to come here this afternoon.
I remembered that I had purchased from them before and they had a huge stock of inventory there, ready to ship. My Performance Propeller 28" Drag 4 will be my spare prop.

Pre Ninja-19 .. Trump era wheel ... hidin out , waitin just for you ...