I didn't buy any of my boats based on color. I bought them for the "deal".

I just picked up a 12 Z521 and it's got some brown on it. Not one single damn was given.

Some of these boats look like Liberace threw up on them!

I just bought a slightly used 2013 Ranger 521. It is white but does have black & red Ranger stripes and a black bottom...am I OK? :-)

Were you the guy selling the brown older model ranger? Really liked that boat. I was looking at it for a friend of mine.

I know im "hooked" when my wife wears the short, tight red sequence dress....

Red, Black and Silver..........all the way. Nothing wrong with that!

The Optimax came from the factory with the black background and red and silver stipes. The Triton was custom painted to match the Optimax. The truck is balck with red and sliver glitter highlights.

You might be referring to my older ranger. 2000 Ranger Comanche w 225 Mercury Optimax. But its Maroon and Gold. Still for sale. Photos/info are in Trades and Classifieds. Not upside down or asking over value, think its just time of yr.

This...
Im shopping boats again and some guys dont get that a 2008 boat is 6 yrs old.

No, this was a brown old ranger. Like late 80s or early 90s. Nice boat too. Had a mercury but it was a 175 I think. Old school merc. Squared off cowl. I talked through pm with the guy. Think it was 361v. Anywho....

Cause they look good with that Awesome Black Motor on the Back!!!!

X2. Those are things you have to look at before you buy. If I have to sell this boat in X years, where am I going to be? Amortization schedules are easy to come by.

I think that the 08 09 boats in that price range are okay under a few incidents.

one LOW HOURS
and 2 the add ons.

I am looking to put mine up here shortly its an 08 I got in 09.

Its a 20 I with an upgraded hydraulic jack plate, upagraded road armor channel trailer, 1197/997, all new batteries, all new bearings and breaks, one year old Fortrex, 2 props one custom worked Hydromotive quad IV, and powerpole, padded deck...

and its under 200 hours on the motor.

Asking that range IMO isnt totally insane on that setup.

Now are barebones deal with no extras and 300hours ya i think not.

To me there is some value in the add ons.

Add ons lose a LOT of value on an older boat. No way a 2008 Skeeter 20i is worth $35,000 or more. Reality is 1197/997 is older technology these days. No way at all. it is still a 6 yr old boat. Nothing changes that. Not bashing you at all just responding to what you posted. I wish you well in getting close to that but I will be surprised to see it get more than $31,000-32,000 and that is on the high side. I sold the exact same boat with fairly low hours and plenty of warranty and it was tough to get over $30,000 for it back then. Probably could have got $32,000-33,000 if I wanted to hold on to it for a long time. Tons of good, used Skeeters in Texas. Its just the reality of it.

Extremely low hours on a 5+ year old boat scare me

I don't want one that's sat around and not being used
Sitting vacant is the worse thing

You'd rather have one that's been used a lot? Low hours doesn't mean it's neccesarilly been sitting vacant. I have a tendency to sit and fish for hours on the same patch of stumps even though I KNOW they ain't holding fish. Anywho... Just my opinion

I don't want a ton of hours either. But that's more than likely ment that its been up kept

I'm talking a 5-7 year old boat with less than 100 hours That's sitting way too long on the shelf and not being used