Eyeballing 36-48 foot powerboats in the NW area. Ideally, we'd like one
that we can use for weekends and summers for a few years, then eventually
retire on a larger one. Question....is there a listing of which
manufacturers/models has the best resale value? A broker acquaintance of
mine recommended Ocean Alexander. Are there others of equal resale value?

TIA

-Greg

OT sort of: I've noticed that around here, the % drop in used boat prices is
in some cases about proportional to the % rise in fuel cost ... not
reasonable, but there you go. I'm suggesting that there may be room at this
time for significant dickering and dealing ... or for getting that larger
boat now.

"Dene" dene@(nospam) ipns.com wrote in message
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Eyeballing 36-48 foot powerboats in the NW area. Ideally, we'd like one
that we can use for weekends and summers for a few years, then eventually
retire on a larger one. Question....is there a listing of which
manufacturers/models has the best resale value? A broker acquaintance of
mine recommended Ocean Alexander. Are there others of equal resale value?

TIA

-Greg

"Bowgus" wrote in message
...
OT sort of: I've noticed that around here, the % drop in used boat prices
is
in some cases about proportional to the % rise in fuel cost ... not
reasonable, but there you go. I'm suggesting that there may be room at
this
time for significant dickering and dealing ... or for getting that larger
boat now.

Good point. Last spring, there was a surge in gas prices which made my
nearly new Eddie Bauer V-8 Explorer considerably cheaper to buy.

Curious....how was my OP OT?

-Greg

Your post wasn't OT, but I thought my response was ...

Curious....how was my OP OT?

-Greg

Bowgus wrote:
OT sort of: I've noticed that around here, the % drop in used boat
prices is in some cases about proportional to the % rise in fuel cost
... not reasonable, but there you go. I'm suggesting that there may
be room at this time for significant dickering and dealing ... or for
getting that larger boat now.

"Dene" dene@(nospam) ipns.com wrote in message
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By the time your fuel (gas) reaches UK prices, used boats should then be
free in the US, perhaps Dene should wait? (Currently $7.2US per British
Gallon).

"Dennis Pogson" wrote in
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Currently $7.2US per British
Gallon).


OUCH! A friend in Switzerland says when Swiss drivers come to a stop
light, they switch off their engines until it turns green.

$US2.89/US Gallon (4 quarts) in Charleston, SC.

No fuel shortage. Some guy on the waterfront noticed it now takes 2-3 days
to unload a tanker of gas and fuel oil at the Hess Oil Terminal. He asked
around and someone at Hess told him there was no place to store any more
fuel, all the massive tanks are full to the top. So, the tanker sits
waiting for another tractor-tanker to come unload some fuel before they can
pump more out of the tanker. Turn around times that were 12 hours have
turned into 3 days. More tankers are waiting off the coast.

He also found out not a single drop of oil coming into the Hess terminal
was from the Gulf Coast...none. It comes in from Aruba, Africa, wherever
Hess can buy it cheaper... Those of you paying premium prices just to get
some brand name need to be at the front gate when Hess opens at 4AM to fill
the line of trucks from all these glitzy companies. It's all the
same....Just the profit margin varies.

--
Larry

Larry wrote:
....


$US2.89/US Gallon (4 quarts) in Charleston, SC.

UK Gallons are also 4 quarts.

Jeff wrote:
Larry wrote:
...


$US2.89/US Gallon (4 quarts) in Charleston, SC.


UK Gallons are also 4 quarts.


Yeah...but bigger quarts!
Sure do miss that 'Imperial Gallon'....... that was something to measure by.
1 Imperial gallon = 4.54609 litres
1 puny US gallon = 3.78541 litres
http://www.onlineconversion.com/volume.htm

Larry wrote:
"Dennis Pogson" wrote in
:


Currently $7.2US per British
Gallon).



OUCH! A friend in Switzerland says when Swiss drivers come to a stop
light, they switch off their engines until it turns green.

$US2.89/US Gallon (4 quarts) in Charleston, SC.

No fuel shortage. Some guy on the waterfront noticed it now takes 2-3 days
to unload a tanker of gas and fuel oil at the Hess Oil Terminal. He asked
around and someone at Hess told him there was no place to store any more
fuel, all the massive tanks are full to the top. So, the tanker sits
waiting for another tractor-tanker to come unload some fuel before they can
pump more out of the tanker. Turn around times that were 12 hours have
turned into 3 days. More tankers are waiting off the coast.

He also found out not a single drop of oil coming into the Hess terminal
was from the Gulf Coast...none. It comes in from Aruba, Africa, wherever
Hess can buy it cheaper... Those of you paying premium prices just to get
some brand name need to be at the front gate when Hess opens at 4AM to fill
the line of trucks from all these glitzy companies. It's all the
same....Just the profit margin varies.

Last week I saw the Racetrac tanker truck off loading at the Shell
station. Price at Racetrac, 1/2 mile down the road, was $2.89. Price at
Shell was $3.05 for the same gas.
krj

krj wrote in
:

Last week I saw the Racetrac tanker truck off loading at the Shell
station. Price at Racetrac, 1/2 mile down the road, was $2.89. Price at
Shell was $3.05 for the same gas.
krj


Remember when Sunoco had the "Custom Blended" pumps with all the dials
whirling around and you made your own gasoline...without having to bother
with a cracking plant?

What a scam that was....(c; Almost as much as Amsoil!

--
Larry