I know I am jumping in way past the threads worth, but.... I own a Scarab, and if was on looks alone, put a Sonic and a Thunder next to each other at a dock... see everyone look at the Sonic longer. "Enough said"!!!
Speed aside.. Sonic hands down

look at the sonic longer...thats mean, they don't look that bad!

[ 12-01-2001: Message edited by: ScreaminDemon ]

I dont think Scarabs :p , I meant Sonics look that bad :p , look good too me :D

Don't be slammin my boat you two! Keep the ugly stuff on the Thunder forum, where it belongs.

GO4BROKE, man, you forgot to do this :p ;) :)

Sorry, I tried all three at once and I might have sprained something! ;)

By the way Jassman, I got the Thunder brochures and video (I know, sacrilidge) Looks pretty nice. I know what list prices are about, what are real prices for a 37 with 500's and reasonable options? I don't want to bother Pat or Steve as I won't be buying for a couple years. When you decided on power for your boat did you consider aftermarket such as Cobra and B max? I'm just doing some homework as to what I want.

GO4Broke, completely loaded out, between 200k and 275k, Oh Im sorry I thought I was PowerPlay, No really with a/c and all the stuff 500efi and xr 205-210 includes the trick paint, we are real happy, we are using my buddys Sonic 42ss right now, kind of baby sitting it until tomorrow when he is taking to Destin Florida, its been fun, cant wait until March, Pat and steve have been super to deal with, by the way that was with a trailor, talk to you later :D

Boy, you created quite the conversation. I was in your shoes 3 years ago and bought the Sonic 386 STS. It really does have the creature comforts but lacks the speed and does handle the rough water. The boat did 63-65 w/twin 502s. The speed was'nt enough, last year I built reliable twin 750hps and put speedmaster #3s on it. It now screams across the water in comfort at 83-85. Now that the minor bugs are worked out it truly is the ultimate luxury performance boat. I have over 250 invested in it and it's available for high 100s if you decide on a 386. Give me a call if your ever interested.
Good luck, Bill
608-575-8561

Bill W, We recently purchased the Active Thunder. I have attached the post I put on the AT board below. The Sonic 386 is one nice boat. The cabin is awsome. But the efficiency of the hull (and some other things) won the deal for AT.

Well guy's we finally made a decision (as Tbikini already posted, she just could not wait ) We are buying an Active Tunder 37 AVH . We are going with 500 HP EFI's and XZ Drives. We are getting the Millenium cabin, it will be center access. We're getting all the creature comforts; A/C, genset, microwave, fridge, hot water, etc, etc, etc. The name will be Thunder Enlightening and the colors will be red, black, blue and yellow. Graphics will be a little lower key than Thunder Dan or Jassman and will be based loosely on Formulas Firestorm graphics.
We are very excited and look forward to working with Steve and Pat. Of all the people we have ever dealt with in purchasing a boat, they are the best.

I wanted to put my decision on my original post. It had stopped at 599 and I thought it would be cool to move it to 600.

Life is good