>I know the downsides to the Mako: no access to the leaky motor
compartment,>oval hull with leaky o-rings, both hands required for good
control, low
>depth limit (180fsw if you're lucky), difficult to replace battery quickly
>with spare, etc.

Perhaps you'd care to elaborate? Do you have some solutions or any information
what so ever or are you just rattling an empty can?

-----Original Message-----
From: "Cam Banks"<cam@ca*.co*>
To: "Trey"<trey@ne*.co*>, "Techdiver@Aquanaut.Com"<techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Date: Sat Sep 01 14:31:46 PDT 2001
Subject: Re: Morons , bullshit and crappy scooters

>Okay, I'll bite.  Please tell us what is wrong with the Silent Submersion
>scooter.  Some friends and I are actively considering pro-level scooter
>purchases in the next year or so (Have two crappy Makos already, obviously).
>
>We have also heard that there is at least a 9-month wait for Gavins, and
>that Trey is the sole source for production.
>
>We also wonder what there is to a scooter, other than a rewound Mako motor
>and a cylindrical hull?
>
>I know the downsides to the Mako: no access to the leaky motor compartment,
>oval hull with leaky o-rings, both hands required for good control, low
>depth limit (180fsw if you're lucky), difficult to replace battery quickly
>with spare, etc.
>
>All comments welcome.  Thank you.
>
>Cam
>
>From: trey@ne*.co* (Trey)
>Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 21:12:18 -0400
>To: "Techdiver@Aquanaut.Com" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
>Subject: Morons , bullshit and crappy scooters
>
>
>Will the list of morons who said that there was a web link to GUE which
>stated that 95's were required for classes please show me the link again.
>There is no such. You assholes are really getting to be a pain in the
>ass.Why don't you try learning from the pros instead of constantly fucking
>with them. None of you pussies dives, none of you pussies has done jack
>shit, and I am really sick of the constant crap surrounding GUE and the
>WKPP. You morons do what we do, then tell us how it is done.
>
>The fact is that nobody but IANTD is stupid enough to have divers dive ocean
>with steel tanks and a wetsuit, the fact is that aluminum 80's are the tank
>of choice for ocean, 104's are the tank of choice for drysuit cave, and
>aluminum 80's are the tank for wetsuit cave. Florida is a drysuit cave dive,
>Mexico is a wetsuit cave dive.
>
>None of you morons even understand why we do what we do, and I am sick of
>explaining it over and over only to have you screw it up , misinterpret it,
>and drivel about it when none of you has the experience to tie my shoes or
>JJ's. 
>
>I'll be glad to pick apart anything the rest of the agencies are doing ad
>infinitum, and I will show why what we do is right. Any time any of you want
>to argue that, I will make you look like the morons that you so obviously
>are. 
>
>As for this scooter thread, if anyone wants to know why the silent
>submersion ' is a ghastly piece of crap, I'll be glad to explain that as
>well. 
>
>None of you has a clue, trust me - not a fucking clue. What you do and what
>we do are galaxies apart. Let me quite Lee Iacocca , "Lead, follow , or get
>out of the way". 
>
>None of you can lead, and I personally don't want you following me and
>screwing is it up, so get out of our way.
>
>
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