Boat Show Specials are coming! EPA notes as well

[sandm]

I can't believe that it will cost $2200 more to make it standard. If that is the only way you can make an engine (with a CAT), the numbers produced go up and usually the price comes down.

very good point. skiers has been charging a premium(as have every boat maker) for the extcat340, but as volume does go up, it should get slightly cheaper. those cats do cost more than standard exhaust manifolds, but how much of that $2200 was skiers/dealers charging for an option..

guess time will tell..

[jmvotto]

tequila does the same

usually the next morning

[sandm]

Hey Ed......

[rdlangston13]

I can't believe that it will cost $2200 more to make it standard. If that is the only way you can make an engine (with a CAT), the numbers produced go up and usually the price comes down.

The issues with catalytic converters is that it is not an electronic device. Electronics usually cost a lot for R&D which is why they are expensive in small numbers but as volumes increase the price drops. Catalytic converters contain precious metals which are just expensive, and the more of these metals that are used the more the supply goes down and demand goes up. So if anything this $2,200 could increase in time.

[thesack]

We have been thinking of getting a FAE because we tend to get the ehadachs but i dont want to lose the sound of my engine..

There must be something wrong with your stereo if you can hear your engine.

[maxpower220]

The issues with catalytic converters is that it is not an electronic device. Electronics usually cost a lot for R&D which is why they are expensive in small numbers but as volumes increase the price drops. Catalytic converters contain precious metals which are just expensive, and the more of these metals that are used the more the supply goes down and demand goes up. So if anything this $2,200 could increase in time.

Actually, check AutoZone or Pep Boyz, an auto cat is now about $100-150 for a universal. In 1990, they were about $500. I understand that the cost of metals has gone up, but there is a profit point of a $2200 upgrade engine. When that engine becomes standard, you can reduce the profit for that upgrade and just add the actual cost (which has to be less than $2200). The options on any vehicle has a profit built into the price, or else no one who offer options.

[viking]

If it were an options to NOT have CATS I'd be all over that one! But sounds like you won't be able to get them without after the first quarter?

And THESACK..........that is some funny stuff right there

[sandm]

why no cats? cleans up the exhaust nicely..

[wolfeman131]

Should be arriving with dealers this week. One of the more exciting items, will be that a dealer has up to 6 weeks BEFORE their show to write deals with the incentives. Once their show is done the incentives go away.

We're getting close to the 6 wk timeframe for some of the shows such as Atlanta which is scheduled for Jan 14 - 16th. So, anybody want to let us in on the specials so we can entice friends (or the wife) into a new Skier's Choice boat?