Quote Originally Posted by She's Mine View Post
Give me you're fucking thoughts about boating and the industry? Just want to know if I deserve what I've received?
I assume your referring to the engine you lost recently.
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.