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Is the penta 5.0 GI a good engine? At the time of when I bought it I did not realize that this was throttle body injection. Should I have held out for a GXI with MPI?
I am new to boating and am enthusiastically looking into buying a used boat. I am wondering, is there a certain number of hours on the boat I should stay under? One example is a 2001 Glastron 205 with the 5L fuel injected engine. The seller states that the boat has 257 hours, but the engine...
I am thinking of buying a boat that is several hundred miles away, so I had the owner take pictures of any issues. One of the pictures he described as scratches around the fuel fill looked like cracks in the gel coat to me. Is this normal for a boat of this year? Should I be concerned? i am...
