An exercise in gaudiness

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
07/11/2017 at 15:54 • Filed to: None

You think the Bugatti configuration portal is the end word in online bad taste generation? Pfffft, you haven’t been boat shopping

BTW, this is going be a boat with 30 years of $850/mo payments.

I haven’t even got to the trailer yet.

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DISCUSSION (29)

benjrblant > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 15:59

At first glance I thought this was a color coded chart based on materials or temperature or UV resistance. Nope, it’s actually those colors.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:03

How do people justify a new boat purchase in their heads? I can’t even fathom making enough money that buying a $200k boat is an option.

Tekamul > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:04

“When bouncing over waves for 3 hours fails to produce the sea sickness you crave!”

Mercedes Streeter > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:05

I’m down for a Harlequin boat paint job. notbad.tiff

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:07

Wait, are those engine option numbers real? The 2 bottom engines both say “selected 0.0% of the time”

Tripper > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
07/11/2017 at 16:09

Financing for boats is crazy! They’ll let you string it out 20 years if you want. My buddy bought a brand new boat (30k ish I think) a few years ago and financed it for 12 years.

HammerheadFistpunch > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
07/11/2017 at 16:10

I guess they aren’t popular. I would opt for the big block over the 6.1 liter on account of the 522 hp and the 87 octane requirement. Then again, there is such a thing as too much power. I drove a boat with that engine and it would cav badly if you gunned it from a standstill.

RallyWrench > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:10

Harlequin VW owners will think this is great.

Tripper > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:11

I kind of love it...The orange is a little much. I think I’d rather have all of the interior orange bits matched to the grey on the back of the boat, but the rest, I’m all in!

WilliamsSW > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:11

Whoa. I got all the way to picking my trailer (lime green of course), and what appeared to be the tackiest 20's I’ve ever seen for the wheels, but crashed before I got to see the price of the monstrosity I created.

HammerheadFistpunch > WilliamsSW
07/11/2017 at 16:14

sad story? They wont tell you the price.

HammerheadFistpunch > Tripper
07/11/2017 at 16:14

30 years. I was working the boat show a few years ago and they were doing 30 year loans.

WilliamsSW > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:16

“if you have to ask, you can’t afford it”

Tripper > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:17

Damn haha, I guess if its a “house boat” that kind of makes sense. Although I’m sure they’d let you do it on anything.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:18

$850/mo...

...and if you want to actually USE it, double that to allow for fuel. How do people afford boats?

404 - User No Longer Available > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:20

Some VW exec might get one and call it the Harlequin edition...

HammerheadFistpunch > Tripper
07/11/2017 at 16:23

This was specifically on ski boats.

HammerheadFistpunch > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
07/11/2017 at 16:24

no idea. Mostly they don’t. Repo rates are HIGH on boats.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:29

That want how the hell much for a fucking wake boarding boat? That’s insanity! That totals up to $288k!

There is a whole lot of other boats I’d buy before a 288k wake boarding boat. That’s all this is right? Is there anything insanely special about it that a good used boat for $30k can’t do?

HammerheadFistpunch > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
07/11/2017 at 16:32

Well its the 30 year loan total on a $165k boat. But yeah, its gotten WAAAAAAY out of hand. Its fiberglass, vinyl, foam and pushrod v8's. I have no idea how they are demanding what they are.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:34

Our boat was in fact a repo...but hey I have a basically brand new engine in it because of that

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:41

Blows my mind, my cousin has a 28ft Powerquest with a 502 V8 in it, so while it won’t kick out a wake, it’s a bigger boat with huge power that cost like a fifth of this one.

Boats depreciate like boats, I guess.

Tripper > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:44

Hah wow, that’s like letting people finance a hellcat for 30 years

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:51

Isn’t it common knowledge that a better use of that money would be to literally throw it into the lake you’d be launching a boat into?

functionoverfashion > HammerheadFistpunch
07/11/2017 at 16:54

What I want to know is, who in their right mind will buy one of these things second hand in 10 years for like, three times what a 10 year old wake boat is worth today. With tons of outdated technology that may or may not even work in 10 years. I’m never selling my ‘03 Nautique.

Vicente Esteve > HammerheadFistpunch
07/12/2017 at 13:51

You have to be kidding with the term.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Tripper
07/12/2017 at 13:54

Financing even on used boats is crazy. I bought a used Ski Nautique while in college. They let a college kid with no steady job or credit history finance a used boat for 12 years. The interest rate wasn’t even that bad, <4% IIRC.

Tripper > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
07/12/2017 at 14:08

Haha! My roomates and I financed a dirt bike in college after we moved off campus. Our parents were thrilled when they found out lol.

Slant6 > HammerheadFistpunch
07/13/2017 at 12:35

Kind of like the Mystery Machine.