150 Mercury 4 stroke or Optimax

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Originally Posted by Montauk17

The four stroke is 3x quieter than the opti. I am talking about the 3.0 EFI,not the verado.

That is correct. I am not looking at the Verado. The salesman said the fuel economy is a little better on the opti but you spend the extra money on oil. They seem too similar to me. Why is mercury producing two engines that have almost identical performance?