BillyBronco
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I am looking for a boat. Yes, I know terrible investment, break out another thousand, etc.
I have made a few good financial choices recently so now time to make a bad one. Looking in the $20K price range. I am interested in a 20-22' bowrider or wakeboard boat. I know my price puts me in the early to mid 2000s.
I see quite a few boats with replaced engines in the 500-700 hours range. Are the V-drive or I/O boat engines really that unreliable? If so what is killing all these? Lack of maintenance, conditions??? Since most of the boats in my price range have around 500 hours and I begging for a new engine shortly after buying?
I don't want a direct drive so are V-Drives that much better than a Bravo 3 I/O?
Any of the major ski/wakeboard brands mostly seem the same to me as far as what people like and recommend. Is that the case for brands like Malibu, Mastercraft, Supra, Moomba, Air Nautique, etc? Again the boats in my price range are early 2000s so a lot less of the fancy gizmos than todays boats.
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I see quite a few boats with replaced engines in the 500-700 hours range. Are the V-drive or I/O boat engines really that unreliable? If so what is killing all these? Lack of maintenance, conditions??? Since most of the boats in my price range have around 500 hours and I begging for a new engine shortly after buying?
I don't want a direct drive so are V-Drives that much better than a Bravo 3 I/O?
Any of the major ski/wakeboard brands mostly seem the same to me as far as what people like and recommend. Is that the case for brands like Malibu, Mastercraft, Supra, Moomba, Air Nautique, etc? Again the boats in my price range are early 2000s so a lot less of the fancy gizmos than todays boats.