On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:40:27 -0700 (PDT), GDSmith
wrote:

Can anyone give me a reasonable estimate on the retail price
difference between a Volvo SX outdrive and a Volvo DuoProp outdrive ?

Our bank is being a stickler for $$ and have low-balled the loan on a
new boat we're interested in. The boat has a DuoProp and the dealer
that by swapping it out with an SX, he can make up the shortage in the
loan value. I just want to feel comfortable that he isn't reducing
the boat by 'two dollars' for a 'one dollar' fix.

Also - is the Volvo SX comparable to a Bravo I ... or would it be more
comparable to an Alpha I ??

I'm not sure of the exact price difference but I can tell you that
people like the DuoProp and are quite willing to pay extra for them.
I've got the Mercruiser version of the DuoProp on our runabout and it
greatly reduces the amount of low speed steering wander that most
people experience with single prop I/Os.

Why not increase your down payment a bit to make the bank more
comfortable with the deal?