I had a friend try to buy a 441 M-tronic today, but the store could not get it started so he left without a saw. Now he's got cold feet about the M-tronic gizmo features and wants to find a regular 441. I really like M-tronic myself, but I see his point -- that's a bunch of technology that could break and we'd be helpless to fix it. A regular 441 is entirely fixable by normal humans.
From what I can tell, they stopped selling that non-M-tronic model for 2012. I found a 2011 non-M-tronic model at a local dealer, and assume it's a leftover. Problem is, they didn't have a price listed and we don't know what the retail price was on that model. It's no longer on Stihl's website. Anybody remember the price?
For reference, the 2012 M-tronic model prices at $915 here with a 25" bar. I am guessing the non-M-tronic model should be at least $40-50 lower, if not more.
Also, do you think he can haggle for a discount since it's a leftover 2011 saw that was discontinued? The fact that it didn't have a price tag, and the weekend gal at the counter couldn't look it up, makes me think that maybe this would be the deal of the century if we know a fair offer to make.
I have been running a 441 M-tronic and like it. I assume the non-M-tronic model will run about the same except for maybe some fuel/air/spark optimizations from the electronics.
thanks,
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From what I can tell, they stopped selling that non-M-tronic model for 2012. I found a 2011 non-M-tronic model at a local dealer, and assume it's a leftover. Problem is, they didn't have a price listed and we don't know what the retail price was on that model. It's no longer on Stihl's website. Anybody remember the price?
For reference, the 2012 M-tronic model prices at $915 here with a 25" bar. I am guessing the non-M-tronic model should be at least $40-50 lower, if not more.
Also, do you think he can haggle for a discount since it's a leftover 2011 saw that was discontinued? The fact that it didn't have a price tag, and the weekend gal at the counter couldn't look it up, makes me think that maybe this would be the deal of the century if we know a fair offer to make.
I have been running a 441 M-tronic and like it. I assume the non-M-tronic model will run about the same except for maybe some fuel/air/spark optimizations from the electronics.
thanks,
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