Merc's new look for the XR drive
08-04-2004 | 08:58 PM
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Re: Merc's new look for the XR drive
Originally Posted by C_Spray
CMG - I've got a "mini-van" you might not like to meet on the water. Ask Shane, Tantrum, DaveP, SOX, or RAddiction. 92+. With a DuoProp. 
Sounds like old age is catching up to you....92+
08-05-2004 | 08:17 AM
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Re: Merc's new look for the XR drive
Originally Posted by GLH
They look like they can still be "blowed up" with the right efforts.
Precisely. If the internals are essentially the same, why should anything change? After all, Fred Kiekhafer himself said that Bravos were never intended to go with engines over 300 hp....
Maybe they're trying to copy Konrad's look.
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08-05-2004 | 10:03 AM
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Re: Merc's new look for the XR drive
Were these on the back of a Sonic by any chance?
They aren't too bad, way too close in design to a Volvo though, hence Volvo - I'm sure - will use that somehow against Merc. in the next go-round of "why they are better and..." (in smaller boats at least...)
They aren't too bad, way too close in design to a Volvo though, hence Volvo - I'm sure - will use that somehow against Merc. in the next go-round of "why they are better and..." (in smaller boats at least...)
Originally Posted by hp500efi
Found this picture of Merc's new XR drive....kinda looks like the old Volvo design...
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08-05-2004 | 10:37 AM
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Re: Merc's new look for the XR drive
Originally Posted by DoTheMath
Were these on the back of a Sonic by any chance?
They aren't too bad, way too close in design to a Volvo though, hence Volvo - I'm sure - will use that somehow against Merc. in the next go-round of "why they are better and..." (in smaller boats at least...)
They aren't too bad, way too close in design to a Volvo though, hence Volvo - I'm sure - will use that somehow against Merc. in the next go-round of "why they are better and..." (in smaller boats at least...)
And the Volvo was just an OMC King Cobra
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08-05-2004 | 10:41 AM
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Re: Merc's new look for the XR drive
lol! It's the chicken or the egg theory of outdrives, who had it first and who had it best? Then again if they would just not grenade, they can make 'em look like whatever the hell they want! People would take function over form all day long if it means you can boat all season without having to keep a spare drive in your truck.
Originally Posted by cigarette1
Yeah ... Yeah ... Yeah
And the Volvo was just an OMC King Cobra
And the Volvo was just an OMC King Cobra
