stay away from rossi
07-22-2009 | 08:44 AM
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this fellow offered a 1999 42 fountin for sale a few weeks ago. after making arrangements to meet his to buy it, i found out the seller was hiding info. the 2 engines need to be removed and all springs replaced. lastt year, on spring broke and the last owner jsut replaced that one spring. the marina warned his the limit was 200 hrs and needed replacement of all springs. he did not go with it.
whoever buys the boat, get ready to take the engines out and rebuild the heads or more.
seller is a liar and not accurate with his description. wasted my time and his time as well.
70k was the agreed price. seller said the boat was clean and that the last owner was very strict on how he serviced his boat and always did whatever was needed. never cut corners.
i trusted that and went along until i spoke to the mechanics that took care of the boat.
buyer beware.
whoever buys the boat, get ready to take the engines out and rebuild the heads or more.
seller is a liar and not accurate with his description. wasted my time and his time as well.
70k was the agreed price. seller said the boat was clean and that the last owner was very strict on how he serviced his boat and always did whatever was needed. never cut corners.
i trusted that and went along until i spoke to the mechanics that took care of the boat.
buyer beware.
First of all....not having top ends done at 360 hours on a set of 500 effies is not the end of the world. Second of all.... Valve springs, seals, retainers big deal who cares?! That is so cheap and is considered basic maintanance that can be done with the heads still on the motors and the motors still in the boat with nothing more than an afternoon and some parts from Summit Racing or Jegs. Third of all.....It's is a 42 lightning for only 70k! Got to be an idiot to walk away from that deal. I can hear Rossi jamming out in his car to the Billy Squire song... The stroke right now! I think you that Steveman is obviously uneducated as evidenced by his posting and has terminated the deal for another undisclosed reason. I think every one on here would not pass on a 42 lightning at 70k just because the boat needed valve springs replaced.
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07-22-2009 | 08:54 AM
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Like I said.... If it is a situation where the buyer is uneducated and is recieving bad information from a marina trying to high gross him on a service bill that is a different story. I just can't see a guy that claims he owns or owned a 35 Fountain being that dumb. Which leads us to believe there is another agenda why he nixed the deal and ruined Rossi's vacation with his family.
