Darren, I have little doubt that it is a fine piece of equipment. It is, afterall, a Honda. I will defer to NThomas's experience on this one, as I'm going strictly on 2nd hand info. I think the bottom line is that perhaps this engine is not the "commercial quality" engine that the "GX" is, and thats maybe where people have issue with the "GC". But let's face the "GX" is a very hard act to follow. I hope I didn't take the lustre off of your purchase.