Hello everyone, My name is Charles and I am from Ormond Beach Fl. I have been trying to research and study to find the pros and cons of owning a sea-doo jet boat. I have also been trying to compare the differences of the rotax 4 brp engine and the standard motors of stern drive boats. I am looking for a bowrider style boat and I am interested in the sea-doo challenger 180 or 210. I go to the sea-doo dealerships and they say nothing but great things and that problems with these boats are rare, and are easy to maintain. I expect nothing less from the dealer to say this since this is the only type of boat he sells. I have also went to other boat dealers that sell boats like sea ray, bay liner, four winns ect. They tell me the exact opposite. That they are hard to control during low speeds, they are always in the shop with break downs and that they are very expensive to maintain. Again this is to be expected as this dealer doesnt sell sea-doo's at all.
So I am on the fence here since everyone is looking for a sale it is hard to get a straight answer out of them. I need everyones help on this board to help explain the cost and maintenance and also major and common problems that occur with the sea-doo boats.
I am not looking of differences in the sea-doo and stern drive motors. For example the shallow draft minimal bow rise ect. I am looking for things that only owners would know and that doesnt get advertised.
Thanks for your time and help.
Charles C.
Devin
Member Since 16 Apr 2010Offline Last Active May 02 2010 07:57 AM