hullwatson
07-29-2009, 11:20 AM
After talking it over with my husband this morning, I just wanted to clarify some info from my previous post about our issues with our 08 X45. I was really more venting in the beginning b/c of the whole situation instead of my intention here...which was to seek advice on our problem and possible causes/solutions from the group.....not to bash MC or a dealer. We bought a MC b/c we feel they flat out build a better boat than all the rest and the GA MC dealer went a long way in assuring us we could not go wrong if we decided to purchase one. The initial anger came from the fact that we had planned a weekend trip with 4 other couples and rented a big lakehouse about 3 hours from where we live. The boat issues came up Saturday morning on our first trip out and ruined the whole weekend of planned fun...and I know these things happen...but it still sucked.
(1) The local GA MC dealer did everything they could to try and sell us a new boat....but the new X45 they had we liked was an 09 model and was more than we wanted to spend..but they were offering a heck of a deal on it and are a great group of guys. So we decided to set out and try and find an 07 used one on our own in our price range b/c we decided we wanted the X45 after previously owning 2 Nautiques.
(2) Found an 08 X45 online in MI and got in touch with the local MC dealer in MI trying to understand why someone wanted to get rid of an 08 model with only 45 hours on it so soon. We were told that when MC released the X55 in 09....he decided that is what he wanted and just wanted to sell his X45 and buy the new X55....which was a good thing for MC. They assured me that nothing was wrong with the boat b/c they had just recently serviced it after the initial break-in period and that it was a really good deal. So we flew up there and looked at it and bought it for a good deal compared to other 08 X45s on the market b/c it was being sold by an individual. The MI MC dealer agreed to handle all the xfer paperwork, added a few options I wanted and even checked the boat out for me again to make sure all was well before shipping it down to GA.
(3) We are just in the beginning stages of trying to diagnose this issue and replacing the broken composite scoop with a brass one is just step 1 of the process. I am confident that the GA MC dealer will get to the bottom of this issue and get it repaired as necessary and get us back out on the water again so we can enjoy our MC.:)
(1) The local GA MC dealer did everything they could to try and sell us a new boat....but the new X45 they had we liked was an 09 model and was more than we wanted to spend..but they were offering a heck of a deal on it and are a great group of guys. So we decided to set out and try and find an 07 used one on our own in our price range b/c we decided we wanted the X45 after previously owning 2 Nautiques.
(2) Found an 08 X45 online in MI and got in touch with the local MC dealer in MI trying to understand why someone wanted to get rid of an 08 model with only 45 hours on it so soon. We were told that when MC released the X55 in 09....he decided that is what he wanted and just wanted to sell his X45 and buy the new X55....which was a good thing for MC. They assured me that nothing was wrong with the boat b/c they had just recently serviced it after the initial break-in period and that it was a really good deal. So we flew up there and looked at it and bought it for a good deal compared to other 08 X45s on the market b/c it was being sold by an individual. The MI MC dealer agreed to handle all the xfer paperwork, added a few options I wanted and even checked the boat out for me again to make sure all was well before shipping it down to GA.
(3) We are just in the beginning stages of trying to diagnose this issue and replacing the broken composite scoop with a brass one is just step 1 of the process. I am confident that the GA MC dealer will get to the bottom of this issue and get it repaired as necessary and get us back out on the water again so we can enjoy our MC.:)