Know where there is a real nice diesel powered hardtop for sale. Right on LOTO too.

Tell me more, grasshoppa!

If you buy my 2006 with 525's ill deliver it to LOTO as long as i can use it the weekend of the poker run

Its sitting on the lift at Lands End condos. I believe you talked to Brett at PBC about it. Fully options hardtop 400ss with 150 hours. Still has Formula guard warranty till 2013. Let me know if you need any other info.

Ben

Not trying to hijack but WOW !!! That would damn sure be a sweet boat at 160 if they took it.
160 hours on diesels, those engines ain't even broke in yet.

Summer, good luck with the dealer if you move forward.
I really do think 60% of MSRP will put you in the ballpark of an acceptable offer. You can rest well assured they want to move it much more than you want to purchase it, I wouldn't want aging inventory at my shop with that kind of value. I'd be happy to make a point or two and receive the mfg incentives just to wave bye bye to the unit.

See ya,
Kelly

Slowride: yes we are planning on looking at that boat as well.
One of the things I liked so much about the newer boat was the joy stick control. I think with a day or so practice Jen could dock the boat! That would be cool. The rear facing lounge/subpar on the 2009 and newer boats is nice also.
To be honest I have a tough time getting real excited about any cruisers. That should be good for me waiting for the right deal though.

Bow thrusters make it pretty easy to dock even in the wind. The new joystick controls are pretty cool though. We looked at the 2009s when we bought ours, just couldnt find any diesel hardtops with this much equipment.
Good luck on the search.

You'll be hard pressed to find a cleaner, more well kept boat than Slowride's 400SS. Diesels are the only way to go in that boat IMO.

I agree it looks awesome in the pictures! We would not even look if it didn't look immaculate! It's a beautiful boat for sure.

Ben keeps all of his stuff top notch.

My biggest concern on the 8.2L boat with Axius would be the lack of a tie bar on the Bravo III drives. That is a lot of boat to be pushing around with the drives not tied together. Has to play hell on the gimble rings.

So, you have the blue 40 Skater that was at H Toad's the morning of the SOTPR? Beautiful boat!!! Love the steps built into the deck/hull between the drives.