Who quoted you on the suzuki ? If you havent yet give brett ward a call at westcoast suzuki. His prices were well below anyone else. Just dont expect anything to be done in a hurry.

 Thanks Holth. I live in Mandurah so called the local dealer. 

Go Yamaha if you can, but the Suzuki option would also be ok. Stay away from the Mercury, even though the powerhead is a Yamaha.

 The new mercs are getting good reviews. Not sure about the new models using yammy powerheads. I know in the old models they did as l had one and it was a great motor.

I suppose these are the questions you need to ask the dealer.

C.P , shop around and ask for a better deal. 

 I had a 2013 40hp 4st merc and put 300 hours on it and never a problem...

 I had a 2013 40hp 4st merc and put 300 hours on it and never a problem...

 I re powered my 14ft tinny with a new merc about 12 months ago, had a 40 yammie enduro before that. Noticeably better hole shot with the merc and uses a quarter of the fuel the enduro did, even though the merc is 20kgs heavier

All up no problems so far, very happy with it but time tell more

 Edit: the merc is the new 40hp 4 st

 I repowed with a new merc 80 four stroke this year bolted on straight up to Ningaloo done 40 hours on it there never missed a beat moves the trailcraft at 30knots with 3 blokes anda esky full of fish now up to 70 hours and love it  when I picked up the guy was telling me the are now built with Porsche not Yamaha I looked at Suzuki and for the less money I got the merc with vessel view and stainless prop also service is cheaper the best money I've spent

 Im starting to lean toward the Merc. I enquired about a Yamaha today but the nearest dealer is in Rockingham. Ill do a bit more research but very pleased with the feed back - Thank You 

Hi Guys

First post

I was never a Merc man because of a very bad experience with an old blue band I had years ago. I swore I would never buy one again. But a mate had a real good tinny for sale at a good price with a 2004 40hp merc (two stroke) 

That motor has converted me. I used it for 7 years without any problems at all. Being a reasonably big outboard I was worried about pull starting it. But never a problem, first or secon pull every time.

This year in April I decided I wanted to go key start electric tiller 4 stroke and looked at all the brands. Yamaha was top of my list, but I did end up with another 40 merc and have put about 40 hrs on it with not a drama at all. I was a little concerned with "made in China" on the sticker, but was re asured after reading an American fishing gurus article after his inspection of the production plant over there. He said it was imaculately clean, very organised.

So I say go for it. 

BTW its only 40 - 60hp that are made in China. everything under 40 are re branded Tohatsu and over 60 are still made in US

Cheers

 Good to hear. Nice to have some reassurance when spending this amount of money.

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