Outboard Motor - New vs. Used

Don’t see many that come up to meet what you’re looking for. When I do, they’re normally beat to crap and the price point isn’t that great. I’d go new myself. Not in BR so can’t give any recs for that end.

I would like to get a tohatsu but pricing out new on the Tohatsu vs Yamaha, the Tohatsu is about $500 more... I dont know that there's a big enough difference between the two to justify that?

Look at finding a used OMC built 2 stroke Johnson or Evinrude. Those are solid outboards and many still in use today.

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Look at finding a used OMC built 2 stroke Johnson or Evinrude

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Tohatsu vs Yamaha, the Tohatsu is about $500 more

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Weird. When I priced em, Tohatsu 40HP was about $1300 less than Yamaha 40HP.

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Weird. When I priced em, Tohatsu 40HP was about $1300 less than Yamaha 40HP.

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yep, when i bought my mf40 Tohatsu 40HP it was $1500 less than Yamaha 40HP and $900 less then the evinrude 40hp.


OP needs to start making some phone calls because it sounds like that dealer is lying to him about prices

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when I bought my mf40 Tohatsu 40HP

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How you loving that motor? I love mine! My boat has been stored at my mother's house since hurricane Laura, but I cant wait to get it (and my family and me) back home.

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Look at finding a used OMC built 2 stroke Johnson or Evinrude


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I third that motion!

I have a 1970's 9.9 Evinrude that has not been ran in 2 (?) years and I would be SHOCKED if it failed to crank on the second pull of the rope. I bought the thing when I was a kid from a friends dad and it has been around the world and has been used and abused and it just keeps on ticking. It ain't pretty but it could be with some attention.

I have crossed the gulf stream many times on second hand OMC 2 strokes....I won't do it on an oil injected model that isn't running on mixed fuel but other than some issues I have had with oil injection on OMC 2 strokes I do not think there has ever been a more reliable outboard. And I have never had an oil injection issue other than a sensor problem but it just ain't worth the risk offshore....

Outboards are, in my experience, the most reliable mechanical system ever built...all of them. Even Chryslers LOL. They are super easy to work on, if you can get parts, not always easy, and they will run FOREVER if even a little bit of care is taken with them. Of course the bigger they get the more complex they get and therefore more likely something can be wrong but in my experience if it will spin it will run and run like a top with some attention....and even if it won't spin it may be fine....I found a 9.9 merc when I was a kid (in my uncles shed LOL) and for some reason someone took the plugs out of it....it was in BAD shape. I tore that sucker down with a couple of screw drivers and a crescent wrench, mostly, and polished the cylinders with emory cloth and the pistons, put it back together with the same rings and gaskets it had when I found it....and that thing is still going strong 43 years later. It was seized up tighter than dicks hat band but a little TLC from a 12 year old and BOOM like new....

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Maybe the old carbureted pre mix 2 strokes. The Direct Inject 2 strokes and the 4 strokes aren't nearly as simple. ALOT of gadgets on newer motors bring a significant opportunity for break downs...most of it was done to curb pollution too

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No doubt newer models are far more complex but they are still simple relative to an auto engine, for example. I hear a lot of talk about them being even more dependable and from a bad fuel standpoint this may well be but I seriously doubt as complex as they have become if they are more reliable in the long term....