Thanks for the info Jim. I am done with them forever. I only went to them originally a few years back because me father used them for about 25 years. They killed two motors on him over the years. About 20 years ago, he had an early 70's, 24 foot I/O Formula runabout. They overheated his
Marine Power motor on the trip picking up the
boat from his
dock and bringing it to the marina for fall
storage. The knew (or should have known) the
motor was shot, but they winterized it anyway and even put a new starter in it in the spring attempting to get it to run. When they finally admitted the motor was ruined, they
sold him another
used boat, and after the deal, they gave him a bill for winterizing a toasted motor, plus the new starter. A few years later, they burnt up the
Mercury 200HP
outboard on his Robalo under the same circumstances. Again, they charged him to winterize a dead motor that was getting junked. He is alot more tolerant of getting ripped off than I am. When I picked up my boat from them at the beginning of last season, and the first time i took it out i had a loud knock that i didnt have that prior November when i left it off to them, i decided enough was enough. That saga can be followed on this site somewhere. I am too aggravated now, thinking about all this, to look for the link.