Why are high performance boats so expensive!
12-23-2012, 03:11 PM
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12-23-2012, 03:12 PM
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I get the point y'all are making about bats, and clubs and how nothing is cheap. I was just wondering if they had to be so expensive!
I'm in the same game of life as the rest of you, forced to pay more than something is worth and be ok with that. I was not trying to imply that things don't cost, rather do they have to cost so much.
If you read my first post, it was presented as a question, never a statement of fact!
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I'm in the same game of life as the rest of you, forced to pay more than something is worth and be ok with that. I was not trying to imply that things don't cost, rather do they have to cost so much.
If you read my first post, it was presented as a question, never a statement of fact!
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in my biz a standard paint job on a car might be 3k but if you really want it nice its going to require 4 times the labor and will cost$10k plus.
12-23-2012, 03:24 PM
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And BTW, the manufacture does not pay the retail price for the merc power.
FYI the manufactures do not get deals on Merc packages. Most of the time the cost is passed on to the customer with very little mark up.
And BTW, the manufacture does not pay the retail price for the merc power.
FYI the manufactures do not get deals on Merc packages. Most of the time the cost is passed on to the customer with very little mark up.
12-23-2012, 04:30 PM
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Just doing some thinking... Why are car motors so much less, come with long warranties and don't need near as much maintenance, aren't boat motors the same, just have a few tweaks to make them marine?
I know a crate motor brand new is no where near the cost of a new boat motor!
Just a thought.....
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I know a crate motor brand new is no where near the cost of a new boat motor!
Just a thought.....
Rick
12-23-2012, 04:39 PM
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Just doing some thinking... Why are car motors so much less, come with long warranties and don't need near as much maintenance, aren't boat motors the same, just have a few tweaks to make them marine?
I know a crate motor brand new is no where near the cost of a new boat motor!
Just a thought.....
Rick
I know a crate motor brand new is no where near the cost of a new boat motor!
Just a thought.....
Rick
I'm sure you will be disapointed when it fails quickly
automotive motors do not see 5000 rpm in there whole life as much as a performance marine engine does in one outing
12-23-2012, 04:52 PM
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think of it like jewelry, buy it for 3k but when you want to sell its worth $750.
its because there is no real competition for merc out there.free enterprises and capitalism at its best.
we buy 150 plus salvage cars a year and the fees are about $500 on a $3000 car, same answer as above less and less competition. what the f do they do to earn $500?
its because there is no real competition for merc out there.free enterprises and capitalism at its best.
we buy 150 plus salvage cars a year and the fees are about $500 on a $3000 car, same answer as above less and less competition. what the f do they do to earn $500?
12-23-2012, 04:59 PM
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12-23-2012, 08:49 PM
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Not sure if I agree, the "big dollar" motors, YES. But, aren't most Merc "black" motors based an Automotive "crate" motors from GM that are marinized? The black motors that I have seen apart didn't look fundamentally different from regular automotive motors.
12-23-2012, 08:51 PM
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