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    IS it possible to create a Honda / Rover combo????
    Everything looks good with a haircut.... ɐuıɥɔ ɯoɹɟ pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐl ǝɥʇ sʇɐɥʇ

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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

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    Quote Originally Posted by BSD View Post
    a Homelite blower from Buntings, all cheap and seem to run fine,
    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Honda_Official_PR View Post
    I'm very happy to report that action has been taken on one of the issues that's been brought up on this forum by many contractors. Without jumping the gun with details, the results wil be available at Honda dealerships very soon (at this stage it is looking like before the end of the year). I will be sure to keep you posted on this.
    Cheers,
    Dylan
    Dont think that us contractors need to say anymore, the silence from Dylan shows us how much Honda care about us

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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.

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    Looks like the Facebook page has disappeared too.

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    Must have got the sack.
    Quote Originally Posted by PaulG View Post
    Looks like the Facebook page has disappeared too.

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    Default Re: Honda Power Equipment

    Quote Originally Posted by imoww View Post
    IS it possible to create a Honda / Rover combo????
    Honda/Rover at the price of a Rover 560,

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulG View Post
    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

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    Ah, I used the link for the Honda Lawn Lovers page from his first post.

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    Wow. So Honda comes on here appealing to us then goes and uses a Jim for their publicity campaign. Fark me.

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    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.

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by GQdude View Post
    and I reckon this is his BIG announcement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5YH6...wXQORCFmcctfmw
    time they heard the truth ...here come the comments
    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.

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