My biggest issue with the boat is that it has the old technology, pre-vortec engine in. If it was one year newer, presumably it would have the vortec in it. 95 is right at the end of the pre-vortec and so I would be willing to pay a good bit less for it.
When we looked at the boat in person, I notice that it did say Vortec on the valve covers, is that a good thing? Are the Vortec engines a better engine?
Well if it says Vortec, I'm thinking you are good to go and my biggest issue with the boat is gone. The Vortec refers to the intake manifold improvements that allowed the engine to generate more power that came right about 1996. Presumably then your 1995 model year boat got a 1996 vortec engine on it or maybe had been replaced at some point. The reason I use all the presumably's is because of all the unknowns. Again as for price, we have many months to go until the boating season and so just given that, I feel it is overpriced, add on the age and I'd look for lower yet. There are goint to be tons of boats coming on the market in a few months time and the bad economy and high gas prices will again combine to give some really great deals on used boats so don't set yourself on just this model. Besides that many times used boats come with tons of expensive equipment like vests, ski's, inflators, wake boards etc that aren't even factored into the great price. I got literally thousands of dollars of nearly new equipment with my sig boat way back when I got it slightly used because so many owners just don't care any longer and give it away. That's one of the great bargains when buying used boats.
