Originally Posted by
wicklundrh
Spot lock on Minn Kota has been crap for years. They and everyone else has known it. Eventually, when they come out with a new model, they stop making the old one. That is just what happens. At some point in time there has to be an "end of life" on a product. Sucks to be the guy that purchased one close to that "end of life". I also have a new Ulterra (less than a year old). I didn't buy it for the spot lock. If that is what I was looking for, I wouldn't have purchased a Minn Kota based on the powerdrive V2 and Terrova I already have.
Purchasing something in the hopes that someday they fix the problem and offer me a solution would not be a sound practice on my part. Some things are upgradable and some are not. Just like with computers, eventually a company stops supporting a particular brand of software because, if they didn't, people would never switch to the newer versions. Does it suck to be the guy that purchased the last of a dying breed end of life unit? Yes, but at some point in time they have to sun down one program to start another.
If changes are not made on products, you would still be driving that awesome Ford Pinto wagon that came out in 1976!