poolecw

Thanks for the info. That does suck that you can't use a $200 product the way you want to. Can you tell me if the unit runs slow trying to update the map on the screen while running a cruising speeds?

Thanks for the info and the PM. do you think that adding only 6 or 7 decent sized lakes would be too much?... Chickamauga,Nickajack, G'ville,Wiess, Carter's, oconee, and Sinclair would be the only lakes I would ever need.

The 4.0 upgrade for the Elite HDI units is supposed to improve performance with the Navionics map cards. Has anyone sen an improvement? I want to get the Navionics + card but don't want to spend the $199 just to end up being frustrated and disappointed.

Whats the current reputation on Evinrude ETECs? I bought a 50hp ETEC back in 2003 but sold the boat after about 75 hours. Doing my research before buying that motor, I felt that the ETEC was about as good as it could get, but like I said, that was 11 years ago and they were relatively new to the market. From a durability and performance standpoint, how do they compete against comprable models from other manufacturers? I've been searching boat classifieds for a few weeks now and I've seen more than a couple low hour ETECs that have had powerheads and/or fuel injectors replaced. I'm not looking for a Ford vs Chevy debate....