Should I buy this boat?

[Coygiles91]

found a 03 air 210 With decent hours. Thinking I can get it for 26500 from original owner. What do y'all think?

[charlesml3]

Impossible to say without photos. Plus we need to know what you're after. Ski? Wakeboard? Surf? How many people?

[DLafont]

Like Charlesml3 wrote, hard to say yes or no based on price only. Depends on intended use and condition. Plus, we're visuals, we need pictures!!

[Coygiles91]

I wakeboard. I had a 2005 210 but wasn't familiar with the 03. Looks to be the same hull shape so I know it's a good wake. Original owner all fresh water use. I'll attach some photos.

[swatguy]

2003 is arguably the best model year of the 99-06 210. If it's clean , you like the price and options , go for it. Exact same performance as your 05. Only thing I will add is that the home made surf gate/suckgates have enabled that hull to finally produce a decent surf wake it seems.

[Coygiles91]

it looks to be very clean.. hull and interior look flawless.. was just concerned with year/price value.. I used to just fill up port ballast and put everyone to one side of the boat to produce that wave on my 05 but those surf shapers will be something I keep in mind. thanks for input

[charlesml3]

it looks to be very clean.. hull and interior look flawless.. was just concerned with year/price value.. I used to just fill up port ballast and put everyone to one side of the boat to produce that wave on my 05 but those surf shapers will be something I keep in mind. thanks for input

Once you go to a gate/surf shaper you'll never bother to listing a boat over like that again. It makes the boat difficult to handle and it's all around a PITA.

-Charles

[obd666]

that's definitely a good price for a well kept 03. if it is indeed in great shape with only 300 hours, you can't go wrong. (beyond just considering its options, etc)

[markj]

On its face, it sounds like a super good deal. I'd still like to see pics though.

[scttp]

I had an '03 210. Be skeptical of those hours...gauges roll over at 1,100. I sold mine in 2016 with "200" hrs. I was honest with the buyer. That said, even if it's truly 1,400 hrs, the Excalibur will go a lot longer than that.


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[Coygiles91]

Boat looks way too clean to have rolled over so I believe hours are honest. Good to know the Excalibur will last that long.

[markj]

I had an '03 210. Be skeptical of those hours...gauges roll over at 1,100. I sold mine in 2016 with "200" hrs. I was honest with the buyer. That said, even if it's truly 1,400 hrs, the Excalibur will go a lot longer than that.


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What the??? 1100? Never heard of that.

[Coygiles91]

heres a pic of boat

[t.franscioni]

Make sure and check Vdrive fluid. If it's milky take off 2k on the sale price. That's what it will cost you have it repaired. Those Vdrive in that era are pretty bullet proof and will run seemingly fine to the untrained ear even if there is a water leak or oil leak and they have been known to have oil housing gaskets go bad and leak all the oil out and or cooling line go bad and let water in the Vdrive. Not a big deal just plan on 2k minimum to have it overhauled to like new condition. Happened to me when I bought mine without knowing any better.

same for tranny, if milky then take off another 2k. Not end of world, both can be fixed just a matter of cost.

[jmo]

Have a local Nautique dealer inspect it for you (well worth a couple hundred $) and they can pull the hours off the engine. I think 2002 was the last year the Ford GT40 motor was available - GT40 does not store the hours on the motor itself, you have to trust the gauge. Speaking of gauges, not sure the last year the crappy teleflex digital gauges were used, ask if the gauges were ever replaced.

My 2006 has roughly 300 hrs on it, but I live in New England where we only get a 1/2 season and I have lots of friends with ski boats, hence we take turns.

Encouraging that the owner kept on a lift - that means the owner cares about the boat.

Does the price include a trailer and cover?