never did like ketchup, but lighten up aa only joking.Anyway I think you have a great machine.Wow did I just say that??LOL.But I also feel there's a place for machines of less quality.My mom has a small driveway and her sears snowblower is more than adequate.Will it last 20 yrs?probably not but she also did not want to spend $1000 on a blower.Obvioulsly MTD knows there r people who just need a mediocre blower.When I told my brother what I spent on my Simplicity,he thought I was crazy.He has a 5hp ariens and only bought it becauce home depot dicounted it 30%.He likes it and hasnt had any problems in 3yrs.Now concerning ariens,I think they have quality snowblowers after reading Snowmanns dissertation on the internals of ariens snowblowers.He explained what ariens used and why.Maybe someone can do the same for simplicity or honda.It would be interesting to see what the difference is.Also maybe someone can challenge snowmanns responses.Also Frank Zappa rules........Joes Garage..........
Hehe. That's some tangential spontaneity talent you got there. I've heard of Frank Zappa and Joes Garage, not too familiar with them though. A co-worker introduced me to Pink Floyd several years ago, too cynical for my taste at first, but I quickly got hooked on it.
Home Depot aggressive discount of years past is what get people through their doors. I could have bought the Ariens snowblower for some crazy discount that would upset local OPE shops, but I didn't. A snowblower purchase is not a frequent one, I don't want to get it just because it's cheap. The snowblower that I finally bought did cost me a bit of money, it has certain quirky characteristics and different from the rest of the pack, but I like that.
This message was modified May 9, 2009 by aa335
