[Bigshrimpin]

FWIW - MSRP for the 2017 150hp is $13,790 and there are places that sell the engine alone for under 10k.

Where I bought mine.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercury-150...hZ-NQu&vxp=mtr


$4,000 below msrp would make the 225 a very attractive deal.