Both of those look like they decided “fuck it, just spray the top coat over the primer and call it a day”

I guess I was wrong. Both are way overpriced is what I meant. And has ceramic coating been out for 9-10 years? Because they claim it lasts that long.

Looks like primer

Not that collectible. ND

There were several times that I had work gigs in NYC and just flew there and back every day for the week from Portland, ME. Lots of easy direct flights to LGA on US Airways back in the day. It was rather cheaper than a Manhattan hotel room (typically <$200 vs. $400+++), and I got to sleep in my own bed. Only a 1hr…

There are exceptions to every rule, but in general, power boats depreciate like falling meteors.

Considering what they are subject to (0 to 130 mph), I’m amazed that they last 500 landings. Or that they are inflated to 200 lbs.

Wakesurfing destroyed the boat industry for regular people. Slalomn skiing takes a lot of skill and you are going really fast so older rich people can’t do it. Then wakeboarding came along and inboard boat companies changed with it and they made the boats heavier and bigger for bigger wakes to bigger tricks.…

Wake surfing looks cool but I don't want to shell out the equivalent of my house on a boat, trailer, and truck.  I'm quite happy kayaking mountain lakes in my $300 kayak tossed in my $3000 truck, which leaves money for my house,  car , bikes, and road trips. 

Hopefully these guys will be there.

I don’t know about perfect overlap - there seems to be a bit of Escalade in that diagram as well...

My kid was on a waterski team for years and wow as a poor family we only had some cheap ski boat (like $3K) that I keep running for a few summers. Being on a team let her waterski without much expense. Go to a water ski event and you will see the most white upper middle class crowd this side of a polo field. 

As someone who lives in the lower mainland (outside of Vancouver) I can say this is genius. The cost of living, and rent especially, is absolutely insane here.

Not every class is offered online. 

Boats in general are insanely expensive new. And used too for that matter. They are literally a hole in the water into which you throw money never to see it again. Grew up on boats on the coast of Maine - I saw it over and over.

As I was typing that comment I was trying to come up with what seemed like a ludicrous number. Apparently, I had not looked at wakeboat prices for a few years...

Rent is obscene, everywhere.

Friends are the family you choose. Boats are the loan-begging, junkie cousin you choose.

Boat culture is wild. I keep seeing a boat for sale pop up on Marketplace that retailed for over $300,000 a year ago and the guys is trying to sell it for $200,000 now. I just can’t imagine losing $100,000 in a year over a dumb toy. The guys appears to own some kind of local HVAC business or something so he’s got…

Well, wakeboard boats are the loaded pickups of the sea. The owner demographic Venn diagrams overlap entirely.