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Old 04-29-2013 | 08:18 PM
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I could turn my Malibu Wakesetter at 45 mph.

Never spit a passenger out and it didn't have this warning.

Driver error or 'best guess' design?
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Old 04-29-2013 | 08:35 PM
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That's because you have your ballest tanks full...lol
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Old 04-29-2013 | 08:35 PM
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lol
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Old 04-29-2013 | 09:06 PM
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There's no stupid questions, only stupid answers.
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Old 04-30-2013 | 06:00 AM
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Stupid is as stupid does, sir.
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Old 04-30-2013 | 08:14 AM
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how do you come up with a warning that specific? I guess you flip it at the factory at 46mph
hows that for a stupid answer
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Old 04-30-2013 | 06:35 PM
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The plaintiff explained he was reading the instructions at speed and ran over the other boat and didn't understand how it happened.
LMAO.
If it can happen in America it will.
Its like placing a warning label on a ladder or a cup of coffee.
You just cant fix stupid.
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Old 04-30-2013 | 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by michigan troll
The plaintiff explained he was reading the instructions at speed and ran over the other boat and didn't understand how it happened.
LMAO.
If it can happen in America it will.
Its like placing a warning label on a ladder or a cup of coffee.
You just cant fix stupid.
I have to say it is pretty much admitting liability for an ill handling hull design. What other product in any market has this warning since the 3 wheel ATV?

But if you own the number "1" you gotta blame it on the driver.
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Old 04-30-2013 | 08:43 PM
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Gave me an idea for your next ad campaign Pat. "Cigarette may be Number One, but Active Thunder is Number TWO...cuz we are the $hit!"

You are really glad you sold me a boat now, aren't ya?
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Old 04-30-2013 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by ActiveThunder
I could turn my Malibu Wakesetter at 45 mph.

Never spit a passenger out and it didn't have this warning.

Driver error or 'best guess' design?
That warning is there due to the step bottom design and the fact that most people do not understand how to properly handle them at speed in a turn. The reduction in wetted surface and the aeration of the inside prop and skeg on a step bottom boat in a turn is what leds to people spinning them. Hardly 'best guess' design...more nature of the beast. Same as that it is the nature of the beast that your 'Bu is going to ride like chit in even a mild chop.
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