GottWhat wrote:
ric wrote:
Old man green should subtract at least $3000 from the asking price, otherwise that's an amazing vessel especially with through hull exhaust
LOL, green was not our first choice (on either of our boats) but sometimes you forgo your favorite color to find the best boat.
With our H180, we looked at a slightly newer and local black H180 with same options first, but went with the green H180 as it was better cared for even though it was 2 hours away. With that said, these two remain the only H180s I have seen optioned with the fuel injected VP 5.0 Gi 250hp V8 engines.
When looking at a few Cobalt 246 boats, I came across a blue one first. The blue one had less hours but had the 310hp 454 MPI and was no where as clean as the green Cobalt 246. The blue one had stained seats, unwaxed gel coat, etc. It did not look loved. We could have had the blue one for $4,000 less than our agreed upon price for the green 246 but I think we made the right choice with our one owner, cleaner, marina maintained, higher HP example. The green one is also half the distance away.
Marina maintained doesn't mean it's better. As far as we know the mechanic is using bulk oil and chinese parts. Stained seats clean up in 5 minutes with sodium hydroxide, and all gelcoat fades. It looks like brand new with a buffer that's just a fact of ownership. Always do a compression test of the engine and drain a tad of oil from the outdrive bottom to see if it has milkshake.
My boat if you seen it a month ago you'd think it was a wreck. Stained seats, faded hull. Why? It's used all the time. It's kept in tip-top mechanical shape with OEM parts. It runs and purrs like a kitten. It's carbed and starts and idles like fuel injection....cold or hot. Two weeks ago I went out for a couple hours with a buffer and a bottle of cleaner and it looks showroom condition. Total cost of "cleanup" was $150 and 8 hours of my time.
I can do a lot of repairs and upgrades on a boat with $4000. That's 2-3 years worth of gas.
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