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[QUOTE]Down to Earth - 1/26/2005  8:25 PM

Anyways my main question is motor size. The dealership I worked on the deal with outfitted their Crestliners with Johnson Outboards. The information the salesman told me on them was the 90 and the 115 model are pretty much the same motor. How can they be the same motor, yet be rated so different? I checked the specs on the Johnson website and sure enough everything is the same except the Full Throttle RPMs. What is the change being done in the 115 that the 90 doesn't have? If they are for the most part the same motor what advantage would have there been in moving up to the 115, other than full throttle horsepower, given the extra cost I'm sure that would have been associated with it?

On a side note I am amazed that some of the salesmen at this show can make a living what they do. I asked the same initial question to each salesman I came in contact with; "What do you have for a boat that is big enough to handle large MN waters for muskie fishing, yet flexible enough fish small electric motor only resivour around SE MN and also be able to pull family members behind the boat on skis or a tube?" The difference was amazing. SOme would give a little info on boats and only gave up more info if I asked questions, some completely were sold on the product that matched my needs and devoted all their time and effort in making me a customer, and in one instance the guy simply showed me to their used boat bulletin board and pointed out used boats and how much they cost. He did not share anything on his 2005 models and I think he was pretty much only trying to push his used boat inventory out the door.

This year...........fact finding info and finding the right boat.
Next year..........on a mission to find the best deal and buy.[/QUOTE]

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Down to Earth

Posted 1/26/2005 8:25 PM (#132645)
Subject: Crestliner FishHawk 1750

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Went to the Minneapolis Boat Show last week and almost came away with Crestliner FishHawk 1750. Lack of a solid down payment kept me from getting the monthly payment to a workable level for me. So I plan to put extra aside this year and head back next year with intent to buy.

Anyways my main question is motor size. The dealership I worked on the deal with outfitted their Crestliners with Johnson Outboards. The information the salesman told me on them was the 90 and the 115 model are pretty much the same motor. How can they be the same motor, yet be rated so different? I checked the specs on the Johnson website and sure enough everything is the same except the Full Throttle RPMs. What is the change being done in the 115 that the 90 doesn't have? If they are for the most part the same motor what advantage would have there been in moving up to the 115, other than full throttle horsepower, given the extra cost I'm sure that would have been associated with it?

On a side note I am amazed that some of the salesmen at this show can make a living what they do. I asked the same initial question to each salesman I came in contact with; "What do you have for a boat that is big enough to handle large MN waters for muskie fishing, yet flexible enough fish small electric motor only resivour around SE MN and also be able to pull family members behind the boat on skis or a tube?" The difference was amazing. SOme would give a little info on boats and only gave up more info if I asked questions, some completely were sold on the product that matched my needs and devoted all their time and effort in making me a customer, and in one instance the guy simply showed me to their used boat bulletin board and pointed out used boats and how much they cost. He did not share anything on his 2005 models and I think he was pretty much only trying to push his used boat inventory out the door.

This year...........fact finding info and finding the right boat.
Next year..........on a mission to find the best deal and buy.