2001 Regal 2100 LSR vs 2008 Sea Ray 185 Sport

[cyclops2]

Re: 2001 Regal 2100 LSR vs 2008 Sea Ray 185 Sport

Look up my MINT condition with every option. 2002 Chaparral 5.0L V8 220hp 190 SSI Every piece of canvas & cover. No stains or scratches on the canvas side windows. Large flip up bolstered chairs snap out carpets. VHF radio AM FM cassete 2 100 MPH jackets 54 mph clean bottom ....with Cradle Ride 3500# trailer.........1 owner.Full records.

It costs more than a 2012 H2O........Because it is a lot more then the new boat

Used / new........Really takes a lot of time to talk learn look ride inspect miss a few deals.

DO NOT RUSH INTO ANY THING.........Lots of boats coming & going EVERY YEAR.

 

[pbc]

Re: 2001 Regal 2100 LSR vs 2008 Sea Ray 185 Sport

Thanks guys. I'm in Toronto Cda, so we don't have the selection that you guys have south of the border. The 190 is asking 18500, 20k for the 196.. Not inexpensive!

 

[jkust]

Re: 2001 Regal 2100 LSR vs 2008 Sea Ray 185 Sport

Look up my MINT condition with every option. 2002 Chaparral 5.0L V8 220hp 190 SSI Every piece of canvas & cover. No stains or scratches on the canvas side windows. Large flip up bolstered chairs snap out carpets. VHF radio AM FM cassete 2 100 MPH jackets 54 mph clean bottom ....with Cradle Ride 3500# trailer.........1 owner.Full records.

It costs more than a 2012 H2O........Because it is a lot more then the new boat

Used / new........Really takes a lot of time to talk learn look ride inspect miss a few deals.

DO NOT RUSH INTO ANY THING.........Lots of boats coming & going EVERY YEAR.

Agreed that the differences are wholistic in better built boat. Not just a nicer this or that but generally a higher level of thought went into producing it in the first place. You notice it at every corner while you use it and is especially amplified if you have owned a lesser but same class boat. Then years on in its life you realize nothing has gotten loose, or squeakes and there's no gel cracks and generally it still looks and performs like the day you got it home. If I had only one single metric by which I had to choose a boat of the same class, the dry weight, all else equal, speaks volumes. Line up the dry weights in an early, to mid 2000's bowrider and start looking from the heaviest to the lightest.

pbc, can you buy easily from the U.S. and ship back without difficulty or additional expense such as taxes, or tariffs?

 

[cyclops2]

Re: 2001 Regal 2100 LSR vs 2008 Sea Ray 185 Sport

This is Funny guys. I Bought the Chaparral from the dealer in Gananoque ? in 2002
I summer in Clayton, N Y.
I will be back to Clayton N Y on October 20. I would sell my Chaparral if you are interested. At 75. It is time to let someone younger enjoy the boat. It is in winter storage in Clayton. Let me know if you are interested in seeing it.

Rich

 

[pbc]

Re: 2001 Regal 2100 LSR vs 2008 Sea Ray 185 Sport

pbc, can you buy easily from the U.S. and ship back without difficulty or additional expense such as taxes, or tariffs?

I think if the boat is made in CDA/Mexico or the US, there are no tariffs on it. But I'd have to pay HST (13%) which is what I'd have to pay here anyhow. Well, sort of. Basically after you buy a used boat you register it and then wait to see if the govt ever gets around to charging you the tax. Unless, of course, you opt to pay it up front. I'm not sure many people take that option though.

I assume there would also be brokerage fees.

Still likely worth it, as the price differences are usually 30-50%.

 

[jkust]

Re: 2001 Regal 2100 LSR vs 2008 Sea Ray 185 Sport

I think if the boat is made in CDA/Mexico or the US, there are no tariffs on it. But I'd have to pay HST (13%) which is what I'd have to pay here anyhow. Well, sort of. Basically after you buy a used boat you register it and then wait to see if the govt ever gets around to charging you the tax. Unless, of course, you opt to pay it up front. I'm not sure many people take that option though.

I assume there would also be brokerage fees.

Still likely worth it, as the price differences are usually 30-50%.

Yes that sounds like a bit more $ than we deal with here in MN as all states handle it differently. As a comparison, if we buy a boat from a private party or brokerage we pay sales tax but only on the value of the trailer which we denote when we go and register the boat. If you buy used from a dealer you pay the sales tax on the full amount. We are somewhere in the neighborhood of 7% sales tax here but they seem to increase it so often I've lost track. New boats are subject to the full sales tax. Way back in college in the late 1990's I had a friend from Russia who would buy run of the mill cars here like Thunderbirds and Mustangs and ship them back to Russia and would make many multiples on each car. They (not sure who 'they' were) cracked down on that with heavy tariffs and put a stop to his business.