Friend WTB 2008 X-2 - tell me what you think

[prostar205]

A good buddy of mine has had his eye on buying an X-2 and came across this one. It looks pretty nice, clean, low hours, LY6 engine (nice!!).

Tell me what you think? Is the asking price of $55K fair?

http://www.puredrivemotors.com/inven...Mastercraft+X2

Thanks,
Tom

[willyt]

i'd shy away from an LY6 in an X2 - it'll burn more gas and simply is not needed unless your doing a ton of footing.

[prostar205]

Originally Posted by willyt

i'd shy away from an LY6 in an X2 - it'll burn more gas and simply is not needed unless your doing a ton of footing.

Willyt - thanks for the input. I agree that the LY6 is overkill for that boat. However, I have the L-18 in my X-30 and at first I thought that was overkill. Not anymore, loaded with 3,000 lbs of water and 6-8 people - NO PROBLEMS.

I always error on the side of having too much hp. Also, I know of no one that buys a boat for fuel economy.

This X-2 is loaded and absolutely beautiful.

[FourFourty]

This is a brand new 2010, that could be had for about $56k..... Plus probably $2000.00 to ship it to you. Still a brand new boat, with a brand new warranty. Only has the RTP 310hp in it, but it works well in an X2. An MCX would have been a little better, but for the price, you can't go wrong.....

http://www.castawaymarina.com/pre_ow...h=1376822&nv=y

[BrooksfamX2]

Looks very nice from the pictures..............

[rgardjr1]

Nice boat. Comes down to how much your friend is willing to spend for that LY6. My guess is that it's adding around $5-$6K to the price vs. same boat with MCX. Willyt makes a point in that there are people that wouldn't pay a premium for the LY6 because they don't think it's needed and don't want to spend more money on fuel. Having owned an X-2 for a while I wouldn't pay a large premium for the LY6, but if I could get it closer to the MCX price I wouldn't shy away. Nice looking boat absolutely loaded.

[JRW160]

Looks like a nice boat. I agree that the LY-6 is overkill in an x-2. A friend of mine has a 2007 with the rtp. We've loaded it with over 3000lbs, and it has no trouble planing out with the right prop.

[Nordicron]

If he is a good buddy I'd steer him away from the x2 and into a star of same year. For $55k he can get just as nice a star.
Yeah x-2 can do alittle bit of everything but doesnt do anything great.

[prostar205]

Originally Posted by Nordicron

If he is a good buddy I'd steer him away from the x2 and into a star of same year. For $55k he can get just as nice a star.
Yeah x-2 can do alittle bit of everything but doesnt do anything great.

The main reason he's looking at the X-2 is because it will fit in his garage. He would really like the X-15 but it won't fit. An X-Star definately won't fit. He refuses to leaving it outside and doesn't want to rent a storage unit for it becuase of the hassels of always having to go get the boat to use it.

[BrooksfamX2]

heres one one TT

http://www.mastercraft.com/teamtalk/...ad.php?t=51542