Converse48
Well-Known Member
Hi, I'm new to this board and am an aspiring Sea Ray owner. After an incredibly exhaustive search of every boat I could lay my eyes upon, we have finally decided upon the Sea Ray 44 Sedan Bridge. I absolutely love that boat! It is perfect in every way for the way we use our boat, and I WILL be buying one by the spring
The pending decision is: New versus slightly used (which is the only option anyway for this model). There are a good collection of 44s (and the 42 which is basically the same thing) on the internet with a range of 350K - 499K. And a new one appears to be netting out at almost $600K off a "sticker price" of 735K. On the one hand, I'm buying in to the value of having the new common rail 500HP engine versus the earlier engine version, and it would be nice to be able to trade my current boat, plus the newer versions come with the more updated "E" series navigation electronics, but I'm reticent about that initial depreciation hit (and higher payments of course).
So finally my questions:
1) Is there a best time of year to buy a new Sea Ray in terms of dealer and factory incentives?
2) How much negotiating do the dealers do? Will they compete with each other?
3) Any other advice?
I'm sorry if this line of questioning is redundant, but I searched the posts and did not find the answers I was looking for. I look forward to hearing from you all!
Thanks
The pending decision is: New versus slightly used (which is the only option anyway for this model). There are a good collection of 44s (and the 42 which is basically the same thing) on the internet with a range of 350K - 499K. And a new one appears to be netting out at almost $600K off a "sticker price" of 735K. On the one hand, I'm buying in to the value of having the new common rail 500HP engine versus the earlier engine version, and it would be nice to be able to trade my current boat, plus the newer versions come with the more updated "E" series navigation electronics, but I'm reticent about that initial depreciation hit (and higher payments of course).
So finally my questions:
1) Is there a best time of year to buy a new Sea Ray in terms of dealer and factory incentives?
2) How much negotiating do the dealers do? Will they compete with each other?
3) Any other advice?
I'm sorry if this line of questioning is redundant, but I searched the posts and did not find the answers I was looking for. I look forward to hearing from you all!
Thanks