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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robb: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by hidnn.o.s.: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Robb: [qb]Owning a boat beats the hell out of throwing thousands at a car to go .5 seconds faster. Most fun ive had in years. Question, How reliable are older boats? I see a couple decent sized ones for $4000-$5000 from the early 90s. Seems like a good start boat size for someone like me. [/qb][/QUOTE]All in the boat you buy. Boats get bad reps from someone in your position buying a boat that has no clue what to look for, then getting nickle n dimed. Also, buy a book and learn to do all your OWN maintenance yourself. To take my twin engine Yamaha in to the dealer for oil changes to both engines they want between $500 and $800, NO JOKE. It takes an hour MAX, some mobil 1 oil, two $15 filters and a pump to suck the old oil out. Took me and a buddy an hour total which included alcoholic consumption in my driveway. My 73 Tahitti I bought a Chilton "type" book and learned to take the top and bottom ends apart, change impellars, fluids etc. It broke down 1 time on the water where I was towed back, turned out nothing more than fouled the spark plugs (old ass boat, mixing oil/fuel and going through no wakes zones = no bueno over time.) That being said, there is no better way to spend a day in the sun than on your boat floating in the water....... [IMG]https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/975983_392646324184210_1073316828_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/425180_4618578593580_839800001_n.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/179741_10200916626138521_26955297_n.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/969193_10200899850159132_1011989693_n.jpg[/IMG] Locked and loaded for a 48 hour camping trip, LOL. Bow is FULL of wood [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/969449_10200902457864323_242994388_n.jpg[/IMG] [/qb][/QUOTE]Yeah, that's why I'm going to wait until next summer to get into something. Going to spend a couple months learning about different models and motors etc. I'll do all the maintenance myself on anything I get so I atleast got that covered. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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