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AsLan7 awesome pics! Is that mechanical attitude indicator a backup?

AsLan that looks like crazy fun driving those cars. Funny story: I did something similar (although not at that level of performance) at the BMW Performance Center in Spartanburg, SC. It was a full day of all their cars. M3's, M5's, all the good ones. I was not prepared for how intense it can be tryi...

That is just fantastic. Gonna make everything involving the boat just that much more enjoyable!

Gorgeous boat! We are hoping to get an R5 as well and the wife has informed me that the ice blue will definitely play a role!

Great information. Thanks for posting!

Looks awesome! How do the underwater lights work? I'm guessing you can choose different colors?

To me I would think you would rather have the JL? That was my initial reaction as well. I love JL Audio stuff and even have one of their subs in my house. But ... although not very familiar, I do think Roswell Marine is pretty legit. I'd have to think it's a larger and more robust sound to warrant ...

Just passing on a bit of information I got today. To my knowledge, there is pretty much ZERO information on the Cobalt website regarding optional equipment. It's listed out on the build pages, but there's really no description of what you're getting. Looking at spec's for an R5, I noticed a third au...

I think the surf model does both things well. Are you in deep water all the time? That would be my draw back to the boat. Lakes here are to shallow and it would eat the drive up. Are you going to trailer the boat? It would be nice to hear how it all functions. Big Block my plan is to keep the boat ...

In my unsolicited opinion, unless..unless.. you are a hard core surfer who is looking for a surf specific boat, I'd pass on the surf model and order a standard drive. The reverse drive, and the different angle the propeller sits when trimming would make me very paranoid in shallow areas. Looking at...

All good points Tuscany has made and it also seems to me that lift options might be limited with a forward drive as well. No big deal if you trailer every time, but resell might take a hit. Welcome to the club endo, and rest assured nobody can spend your money as well as we can! And what about that...

Thanks for the encouragement! It's pretty obvious to me that there is no other bow rider or runabout that compares as far as overall quality or fit and finish. To answer your question AsLan7, yeah if I went with the Surf model I would imagine I wouldn't have too much trouble finding folks to join in...

This R5 Surf is the last 2017 at the dealer I'm working with. I called them with interest in an R5 (not a surf model), and they wanted me to come out and look at this one. They need to sell it, so they're offering it at a decent discount (at least I think it's a decent discount). So my original inte...

Here are a couple pics from the sea trial:

Thanks guys. That makes sense for sure. AsLan7, I did take a couple pics! I'll see if I can figure out how to post them here. Although my question sounded a little negative I guess, rest assured the boat was amazing. By FAR the most impressive boat I've ever been on. I can't stop thinking about it a...