Give me you're fucking thoughts about boating and the industry? Just want to know if I deserve what I've received?
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Give me you're fucking thoughts about boating and the industry? Just want to know if I deserve what I've received?
You don't deserve it. And unfortunately you aren't alone.
Well, I dont know what the fuck your going thru. but Hell Yeah I love saying FUCK IT right before I bllow shit up with my shotgun all the time. Like a cheap ass DVD Player or a carpet cleaner. There comes a time in every mans life that you just have to say FUCK IT
I assume your referring to the engine you lost recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by She's Mine
I kinda went through the same thing in '05. Bought a '90 Eliminator with 2 Bridgeport outboards for about $30K. First season one blew up so badly I was forced to buy 2 new matching engines. Nothing would interchange and I had to replace every electrical and mechanical part on the boat to run current technology. I was lucky to get Mercury parts at dealer cost but it still added up to $40K, so now I have $70K invested in a boat that's worth $25K on a good day. Chalk this bad learning experience up to a kid in a candy store mentality. High performance boating just doesn't give me the highs it once did. Nowadays I look forward to wakeboarding or possibly a jet ski. I watch all the threads about groups of friends going out in mild performance boats and having a good time without breaking down or breaking the bank in fuel and parts and see myself much more enjoying that type boating going forward.
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Originally Posted by Stainless
So if you had do it over would you? I'm at a point in my life I can get out from under it and just walk away or I can do it all over again. I just don't know what road to take and I am just beat down with the industry.
I Would not do it over, but that is experience talking now vs gotta have it no matter the cost.Quote:
Originally Posted by She's Mine
I don't know where you're at as far as the value of boat, but my advice would be get it running when you can with mild power and enjoy more time on the water with like minded friends. ;)
That is great advice. I have been told that exact same thing by some very close friends... :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by StainlessI Would not do it over, but that is experience talking now vs gotta have it no matter the cost.Quote:
Originally Posted by She's Mine
I don't know where you're at as far as the value of boat, but my advice would be get it running when you can with mild power and enjoy more time on the water with like minded friends. ;)
That's good advice. Everyone gets to this point eventually. We all start out in small shitty boats and keep moving up until it gets out of hand. I have lost a few customers and boating friends after they bought twin engine boats and the maintenance and repairs drove them out of the sport. You got dealt a bad hand mike. It's a tough decision to walk away or stay. I would hate to not see you on the water anymore but you have to do whatever is best for the family. Take your time and don't make an emotional decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by StainlessI Would not do it over, but that is experience talking now vs gotta have it no matter the cost.Quote:
Originally Posted by She's Mine
I don't know where you're at as far as the value of boat, but my advice would be get it running when you can with mild power and enjoy more time on the water with like minded friends. ;)
Just sell the boat to Grads I hear he is in the market lol jk
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I'll buy it, slap a Mercury 525, 540, 565, 600, 700 or an Ilmor or Teague in it.....go boating every weekend and be happy as a clam. That's why we are being so selective on the boat we buy....it might not be the very fastest but it has got to be turn key.Quote:
Originally Posted by riverrunner1984