On Jul 7, 3:11?pm, "aieo" wrote:
Local dealer has these in new for $14,000CDN with trailer.

What's the catch?

That's a fairly regular price for that model.

It's Bayliner's price leader. Not a lot of markup for the dealer, but
the low price is intended to bring in folks with a newfound interest
in boating.

Subject to the same limitations as most any other boat with the same
freeboard, draft, displacement, and HP you should enjoy enough decent
service from one of these to decide if you like boating enough to step
up to a more deluxe Bayliner or some other brand. If it turns out to
be less fun that you thought it might you're only out a chunk of your
original $14k- and that's a pretty cheap price, relatively speaking,
to experiment with boating.

If you're mechanical, etc, you might find a decent buy on a used 175.
There are some out there that were owned by folks who fell out of love
with boating shortly after plunging for this entry level boat.
However,if you have to pay to have mechanical things repaired or
seviced, it would be hard to save enough on an example in decent shape
to justify foregoing the warranty.

You will probably want more HP and a little larger, heavier boat after
owning a 175...(seems to be the thrend)..so maybe it makes as much
sense to shake the piggy bank and extra time or two and increase the
budget initially or find a very nice late model used boat? There's no
one "right" answer to fit every situation.