IS it possible to create a Honda / Rover combo????
IS it possible to create a Honda / Rover combo????
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Guilty as charged.
But personally I think Honda are bashing themselves, strange statement i know but my reasoning.
* we had a perfectly good 196, which they redesigned and marketed as the new and improved model, it was heavier, and just doesnt perform in the wet.
* Honda's solutions:-
* Double mow the lawns - wow great for us contractors, earn half the money
* Put on a big Bag kit, downgrades the mower, costs us money to fix therir stuff up.
* wait till later in the day when the grass dries, wow thats handy for scheduling.
* We ask questions from the nominated representative, and get no answers unless it is to sell us more product
* Try to justify issues with a whippy by saying that it is consumer grade, yet their own website indicates it is a commercial product.
* Honda's rep only appears when there is some sales potential.
* The rep promises us this big anouncement which will bring us contractors back in, still waiting, only one trading day left for the year, and some dealers are shut till next year. Hope you are all ready to rush to Honda dealers on Friday.
Are we bashing them or are they showing there arogance and bashing themselves
I've got 2 and they are the small ones! the mighty lite
One is 6 years old and still going ok the other I got 2 weeks ago for my assistant. $88, I spent a month looking at blowers and couldn't believe price and hype of some makes for what is just a plastic impeller at the end of a plastic tube for blowing something that weighs stuff all
Take all posts with a grain of salt!
Darren,
www.greenburst.com.au
email: darren@greenburst.com.au
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Where's Dylan, you ask??... the answer my friends, is blowin' in the wind, the answer is... blowin' in the wind.
Looks like the Facebook page has disappeared too.
Here is Dylans facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/#!/Dylan.HondaMPE?fref=ts
and I reckon this is his BIG announcement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5YH6...wXQORCFmcctfmw
Ah, I used the link for the Honda Lawn Lovers page from his first post.
Wow. So Honda comes on here appealing to us then goes and uses a Jim for their publicity campaign. Fark me.
In 1980 i purchased a honda sp. It had 4 independent wheel settings, is this the good old honda-hondas everyone is wanting. $850. I treated it like dirt, i changed the oil 2 times i think, i had a 1/4 acre block that was taking ages to mow, this mower reduced the time and effort by 80%.(had a bar blade)
Until i joined this site i was convinced Honda was the best thing going, then i found out the 'chonda' thing, honda's on chinese bases or whatever it is, so to be sure i just keep away from anything honda. I think Fred Flinstone had the best mower from memory.
How much is that guy getting paid to read what Honda wrote for him?????
So Basically....
They made the bag 10% bigger...a whole 3 minute video about a slightly larger bag.
There maths is WRONG!
My Rover Procut is now two years old and still going strong! Cost $700
So Honda (full of marketing fluff) $1650 last 3 years
Rover $700 for 2-3 years and it cuts wet grass.
Honda save 45min in summer then winter hits and your wasting 2 hours a week unclogging a blocked Honda chute.
Sorry but a band aid wont fix a broke leg!
Independent and i know it
I dont break things ...I just use them beyond their operational limitations
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Personally and professionally I don't give two hoots about the bigger bag. If Honda want to stop haemorrhaging sales to Rover and Chondas there's two or three things they need to do. Bigger, better flowing chute, bigger motor and more competitive price.
They are a good mower but they could be so much better.