thomas72
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You are right depending on what model you have. The Harley with the evolution engine is like a Stihl ms660 both fine examples of engineering. I believe the evolution engine does have some German influence though.
I was at the Stihl dealer today looking around. So I'm looking and looking at the backpack blowers and this place is pretty big,.. well I'm not getting alot of help so I lift up the br600 to have a good looksee and the wire shelf lifts and falls back down and makes a loud bang and the sales guy comes running over
You are right depending on what model you have. The Harley with the evolution engine is like a Stihl ms660 both fine examples of engineering. I believe the evolution engine does have some German influence though.
I'm not certain the Stihl/Harley anology holds.
Stihls are infact pretty functional..like them or not.
Harleys are fashion statements...good at what they do. Attactng attention while making noise and handling badly.
Not the same thing, but I've had more than one customer ask to pull something out of the box to see if it would work, which I normally allow. However, I've had them, after seeing me break the seal for the first time, not want to buy the one they looked at because it's been opened. That's enough to drive a sales guy up the wall.
Then you've got the guys that come in and look all over the one we have on display, but still want to pull one out of the box to look at it. I've come to the conclusion that people have box fetishes--they just like to open them regardless if they want or need what's inside. Half the time they don't even bother trying to put the stuff back in. People are worse than animals in a lot of ways.
if you came where i work, and we found you taking a saw apart on the display, we'd ask you to leave..it's just not something you do.
Bottom line, to me...if it isnt yours, hold it, feel it, swing it around...but dont start taking it apart until you've payed for it.
Just my 0.02
Bottom line, If you treat me like a thief, I will not buy from your store. A dealer is not doing me any favors by selling me something. The consumer is doing the vendor a favor by buying it.
not that its anything new. im an 80 year old logger stuck in a 25 year old body, im bound to attract some attention. but heres the story.
i stopped into the deere,kubota,mahindra,dr, bandit,stihl dealer today. being of the husqy persuasion i was curious about the stihls, especially the ones that get the most attention here. so i took the liberty of inspecting a 361 and a 441. (dont know about cancer but i still have a cold so the 361 must have been faulty)
heres where i started getting funny looks. i took the saw apart. now i didnt look inside the crank or anything that major. but i spun the bar nuts off, looked at the clutch/tensioner/oil ports/chain catch/etc. took the upper plastic off, removed the air fliter, looked at the carb, how the spark plug was in there, etc. basically i wanted to know how well the saw was designed and how easy it was to work on. you would think i was stuffin the peices in my back pack! they got all bent outa shape!
think about it from the outside a saw is a saw is a saw. it has two handles two tanks and a cuttin peice, the details are inside.
am i the only one who takes a saw apart before i buy it?
Your 80 years old, hot dayumm. I woulda said hey old man what the hell are ya doing, ya need a wrench, I like old timers myself and we have a blast here at the shop.
Read it again Tom. He's saying he's 25, but thinks like an 80 year old.
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