Eric,

Not trying to give you fatherly advice but if this is your first boat buy one that's got a couple of years on it. The depreciation and the intitial break in periods will be over and you won't take such a large hit. It also should allow you to not have to worry about the monthly payment while you're putting out the gas $$$ in the summer.

As I said, we bought our boat on June 17th and have put over 65 hours on the motor since that time. If you look at what gas is costing along with all the other cost of going to the lake, we have been spending over $300.00 per month not counting the gas for our Denali. Also, the 20 hour service is a nice little couple of hundred dollars that they forgot to mention.

Congratulations on getting a "real money" job. It also goes with the "real taxes"...

We'll be at the series this Saturday. If you're out that way stop by it'll be the blue roo with the 4 monster tower cans on it.

James (JC or BlueRoo at the endoftheropegang.com)