My own mower is a 2 stroke Victa. A really tough beast but can be fussy-I find everything on a 2 stroke engine has to be perfect or they just won't go. My "customers" don't want 2 strokes as they say they don't want to mix fuel (but never mention they have to do it for their line trimmers). I have noticed the recycle centre used to have lots of old Victa's but now not so many there. 2 strokes are dying off just like us old farts. Oh! and by the way my John Deere has been sold to a good home.