Back to the future: considering a mint 2009 232 Limited S vs a new 2016 AR240 - am I crazy?

[Bennie]

Well your wife played that right. Kept the reins on for the purchase, left for the boring low RPM break in. Back in town for the high RPM fun!!

Hell yes - well played!!

 

[jcyamaharider]

Break it in at Shelbyville @swatski !!!

 

[MrMoose]

"3 Syreny" @swatski ...

 

[Britboater]

Weh heyyyy!!! @swatski what a way to go, congrats , Fantastic news, I'm really pleased for you and your family.

Look out Bimini, double troubles coming .

 

[billyb]

Nice!!!

St. Charles boat and motor is where I bought mine. Really nice people. I had my salesman and the sales manager give me their cell numbers and told me to call them if I was on the water and had issues.

Congrats!!!

 

[captainhook]

Very nice! I'm am really jealous of that tower!

 

[robert843]

That guy with the 09 should have taken that as mentioned he will likely now hold that boat through the off season and he may not get that price for it next year since it will be another year older I think 25k is more then fair for a boat with 200 hours on it. Anyways congrats @swatski I think your family will love the new boat.

 

[RiverRat]

Looks great! Can't wait to follow the performance upgrade thread for this one!

 

[robert843]

Looks great! Can't wait to follow the performance upgrade thread for this one!

Great question will we be remapping the engines on this boat @swatski

 

[swatski]

Well, I am very excited about the new boat, no doubt. But, it does come with some limitations. Chief among them:

1. Not being able to experiment with the MR1 set up; that one really bothers me, I was so ready.
(e.g. has anyone tried 2010+ OEM impellers in 230 pumps? they have a very different blade design that preceded Group K testing, I am very curious what that might do in a 230 pump across various pitches)

2. My current performance mod budget = $0 (zero $);
Kate is so suspicious I am going to get sneaky, she is double checking "trailer valet" is not some kind of a performance mod, LOL. I'm hosed.

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[robert843]

Well, I am very excited about the new boat, no doubt. But, it does come with some serious limitations. Chief among them:

1. Not being able to experiment with the MR1 set up; that one really bothers me, I was so ready.
(e.g. has anyone tried 2010+ OEM impellers in 230 pumps? they have a very different blade design that preceded Group K testing, I am very curious how that might work in a 230 pump across various pitches)

2. My current performance mod budget = 0; (I mean zero);
Kate is so suspicious I am going to get sneaky, she thinks "trailer valet" is a new kind of a performance mod... I'm hosed.

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Honestly you wont need much in the performance mod area you are buying a boat that stock will easily cruise above 40 and top out close to 50 you wont need much more then that. When returning from Exuma between Chub Cay and Bimini we ran about 70 miles straight at 48 mph in the ocean in Isaac's boat so I think you will like its performance.

 

[swatski]

Honestly you wont need much in the performance mod area you are buying a boat that stock will easily cruise above 40 and top out close to 50 you wont need much more then that. When returning from Exuma between Chub Cay and Bimini we ran about 70 miles straight at 48 mph in the ocean in Isaac's boat so I think you will like its performance.

I totally agree, that's the deal. In the long run - who knows, but she is going to run stock for a while!

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