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A few of you will remember me starting a thread about a week ago talking about 21' vs 24'. Today was the big day of the water test of the one we really wanted to be "the one" because we liked the graphics, the size inside the boat and the price as well.
We took it out for a spin today and it was a Winner and we are very happy to be picking it up this coming Friday to bring home!
We got lucky and they ended up including a 4 year extended warranty.
It's a new 2015 SX210. We are happy campers as we liked the ride as much as we were hoping. The only thing we weren't absolutely crazy about was the engine noise is louder than the new 24' ones for sure but that was not going to make a 15k extra difference for us to buy the 24'. The 21' feels plenty big for our family of 3. We will occasionally have a few more adults and a couple extra kids out with us for a total of 7 but 3 of us mainly.
For those of you on the sizing fence. I highly suggest trying all 3. We thought the 19' didn't handle the chop in the ocean (where we are) well enough for us and it just felt not roomy enough. The 24' felt awesome all the way around but was just more than we wanted to spend. Then came the 21' which we hoped we would love on the water because it was in our budget and it was all that for us! And to make things sweeter he said of the engine noise is a little too noisy we have added sound dampening or quieting to the engine area like the 24' ones have and the customer that have done it have been very happy and it's only a few hundred dollars. They are going to give us the exact price on the sound quieting stuff tomorrow and have it done for us when we pay and pick it up on Friday. If it even works halfway to help with the sound I will be happy as we love the boat. The noise isn't terrible or super annoying but if we can quiet it down a litte I'll be even happier. Not sure if it will work or not but its worth a shot I guess.
They said they would sell us the Mooring cover that is normally around $800 for $600 since we are buying the boat. Is $600 a fair price for the cover?
Also if you recall the scratch I talked about in the other thread, they had it fixed and wow can't even tell it was every there.
The Bimini will come in handy with the kiddos on tubing days and stuff but I think this boat will have an awesome much more clean look with the top down or off completely.
With this not having articulating keel what would be the best accessory I could get to help with low speed steering when docking? Please give me some opinions on the best thing to get and can I install it myself or should I have them install it before we pick it up?
Something to help with Slow speed maneuverability (need your opinions) and sound quieting (they are going to do this week already) are the first 2 "mods" I want to have done. Any other ones you guys suggest?
What type of maintenance do these need to have done on them? When does it get done and how much is it to have done?
Thanks for all your replies in my other thread helping with boat sizing help (19 vs 21 vs 24).
Can't wait for a summer of boating in this bad boy! Probably won't need the 4 year warranty as people say these boats don't have lots of problems but that 4 years instead of 1 will be nice peace of mind.
I'll try to upload a few pics from today of the boat I took today while we were out on it for the first time. It rode plenty smooth enough for us through some chop. Much smoother than the 19' and felt much more stable and roomier. It was an easy decision to spend the extra 10k to get the 21' instead of the 19' (at least to us for our wants and needs). That's not a knock on the 19' though as I know tons of people that love them and they are plenty big enough to have a ton of fun on! Im pretty tall (around 6'4) and I can fully stretch out my legs in the 21' today laying back sitting in the bow area and my feet not touch the front past the cushions. I couldn't do that in the 19'. Lots more room in the 21' one for sure. Not that I will be up there much since I will be driving most of the time but just nice to have the extra room up there. The 24' definitely feels like even more room and a quieter ride than this 21' but not 15-25k of a difference to us. We know we could have gotten a used 24' for probably only $5,000-$15,000 more but we liked that this one is brand new and this 4 year warranty and we will be the first owners of it. Getting new stuff can be fun sometimes. We love this one and hopefully this will be a great first boat for us!
Hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend!
We took it out for a spin today and it was a Winner and we are very happy to be picking it up this coming Friday to bring home!
We got lucky and they ended up including a 4 year extended warranty.
It's a new 2015 SX210. We are happy campers as we liked the ride as much as we were hoping. The only thing we weren't absolutely crazy about was the engine noise is louder than the new 24' ones for sure but that was not going to make a 15k extra difference for us to buy the 24'. The 21' feels plenty big for our family of 3. We will occasionally have a few more adults and a couple extra kids out with us for a total of 7 but 3 of us mainly.
For those of you on the sizing fence. I highly suggest trying all 3. We thought the 19' didn't handle the chop in the ocean (where we are) well enough for us and it just felt not roomy enough. The 24' felt awesome all the way around but was just more than we wanted to spend. Then came the 21' which we hoped we would love on the water because it was in our budget and it was all that for us! And to make things sweeter he said of the engine noise is a little too noisy we have added sound dampening or quieting to the engine area like the 24' ones have and the customer that have done it have been very happy and it's only a few hundred dollars. They are going to give us the exact price on the sound quieting stuff tomorrow and have it done for us when we pay and pick it up on Friday. If it even works halfway to help with the sound I will be happy as we love the boat. The noise isn't terrible or super annoying but if we can quiet it down a litte I'll be even happier. Not sure if it will work or not but its worth a shot I guess.
They said they would sell us the Mooring cover that is normally around $800 for $600 since we are buying the boat. Is $600 a fair price for the cover?
Also if you recall the scratch I talked about in the other thread, they had it fixed and wow can't even tell it was every there.
The Bimini will come in handy with the kiddos on tubing days and stuff but I think this boat will have an awesome much more clean look with the top down or off completely.
With this not having articulating keel what would be the best accessory I could get to help with low speed steering when docking? Please give me some opinions on the best thing to get and can I install it myself or should I have them install it before we pick it up?
Something to help with Slow speed maneuverability (need your opinions) and sound quieting (they are going to do this week already) are the first 2 "mods" I want to have done. Any other ones you guys suggest?
What type of maintenance do these need to have done on them? When does it get done and how much is it to have done?
Thanks for all your replies in my other thread helping with boat sizing help (19 vs 21 vs 24).
Can't wait for a summer of boating in this bad boy! Probably won't need the 4 year warranty as people say these boats don't have lots of problems but that 4 years instead of 1 will be nice peace of mind.
I'll try to upload a few pics from today of the boat I took today while we were out on it for the first time. It rode plenty smooth enough for us through some chop. Much smoother than the 19' and felt much more stable and roomier. It was an easy decision to spend the extra 10k to get the 21' instead of the 19' (at least to us for our wants and needs). That's not a knock on the 19' though as I know tons of people that love them and they are plenty big enough to have a ton of fun on! Im pretty tall (around 6'4) and I can fully stretch out my legs in the 21' today laying back sitting in the bow area and my feet not touch the front past the cushions. I couldn't do that in the 19'. Lots more room in the 21' one for sure. Not that I will be up there much since I will be driving most of the time but just nice to have the extra room up there. The 24' definitely feels like even more room and a quieter ride than this 21' but not 15-25k of a difference to us. We know we could have gotten a used 24' for probably only $5,000-$15,000 more but we liked that this one is brand new and this 4 year warranty and we will be the first owners of it. Getting new stuff can be fun sometimes. We love this one and hopefully this will be a great first boat for us!
Hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend!
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