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today the deal is 2.99% for 5 years, 10 years @ 5.99%

Anyone know what tomorrow's incentive? Anyone know where to get a 20 year loan?
 

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USAA will do a 15 year if you are military...
 

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@ Rob, Funny, I've had USAA for over 25 years, I called them, the best interest rate is 4.25. I'm going with the yamaha 2.99 for the first 5 years.

I put a down payment on the boat. Brand new 242x for 62,499. I think 10k off retail is pretty good.
 
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@ Rob, Funny, I've had USAA for over 25 years, I called them, the best interest rate is 4.25. I'm going with the yamaha 2.99 for the first 5 years.

I put a down payment on the boat. Brand new 242x fore 62,499. I think 10k off retail is pretty good.
That's a great price! Take a look at Credit Unions too. I got a 2% / 10 year / no money down on a used boat....
 

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today the deal is 2.99% for 5 years, 10 years @ 5.99%

Anyone know what tomorrow's incentive? Anyone know where to get a 20 year loan?
That seems to be Yamaha's normal incentives. Got same deal 2 months ago. And they said was ending in August. Then they brought it back the following month.
Doubt Yami would do much better.
 

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@Michael Rasmussen that sounds like a smoking price on a 242x. They got any AR's they are discounting lol
 

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@ Rob, Funny, I've had USAA for over 25 years, I called them, the best interest rate is 4.25. I'm going with the yamaha 2.99 for the first 5 years.

I put a down payment on the boat. Brand new 242x for 62,499. I think 10k off retail is pretty good.
WOW! Who's your dealer? Make sure that price included the trailer and a second engine...
 

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Yea, that's really surprising! They must be a "big" dealer and don't need the Co-Op funds from Yamaha. There Boat "MAP" policy is pretty clear.
 

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Perhaps they've built in the loss to some other fees like shipping and/or dealer prep, or like @Rigger says...they are losing some kick back to get the boat off their lot before winter. Smoking price no matter how you look at it!
 

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AWESOME deal for sure!
 

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@ Rob, Funny, I've had USAA for over 25 years, I called them, the best interest rate is 4.25. I'm going with the yamaha 2.99 for the first 5 years.

I put a down payment on the boat. Brand new 242x for 62,499. I think 10k off retail is pretty good.
If this is a new boat, not a demo, and the price is OTT, that kind of price would be impossible to beat. I'm assuming it is a leftover 2016. I know I could not touch that price where I live. I would say: go for it!!!
And because nothing much changed in new models, the discounts on 2016s 240s are generally not going to be major, more like $1,000 off MSRP or so.
 

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that price does not include prep fees, destination charge, ect. Nor does it include NYs 8% sales tax ($5600). out the door after sales tax was 70k.

the dealer is in staten island NY and he said they bought too many X series this year and didn't want to store them, he sold a few at that price and this was the last one. I figured it was as good as it is going to get on that boat.
 

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that price does not include prep fees, destination charge, ect. Nor does it include NYs 8% sales tax ($5600). out the door after sales tax was 70k.

the dealer is in staten island NY and he said they bought too many X series this year and didn't want to store them, he sold a few at that price and this was the last one. I figured it was as good as it is going to get on that boat.
Okay, that sounds more realistic. Darned. Still a great price for a boat that you are unlikely to outgrow anytime soon.
 

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yeah a 2017 x would be close to 10k more out the door
 
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