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WTB 2017 or newer R5

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Hello - I'm looking for a 2017 or newer R5 with a 350 or 380.

Please DM with any options. Thank you!
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I want one too. How is search coming
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Picked up our 2017 R5 WSS(Water Sport Series) with 113 hours and Mercruiser 350 in January. Perfect condition. I think I got lucky finding mine. Was a 6 hour drive but worth it.
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ajcampen wrote: Sat Mar 13, 2021 5:51 pm I want one too. How is search coming
I'm thinking not worth a crap if he's looking in here. Lol
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Big Block Power wrote: Sat Mar 13, 2021 9:09 pm
ajcampen wrote: Sat Mar 13, 2021 5:51 pm I want one too. How is search coming
I'm thinking not worth a crap if he's looking in here. Lol
Agreed. Our search was "not worth a crap" before Covid...imagine now. Luckily dealers had new boats then.
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Craigslist has gotten really bad. Besides all of the scammers all of the jerks advertising their bass boat and then tag every boat manufacturer out there just sucks. Same with pontoon dealers. So it's a pain to search now. Boat trader isn't much better. It's getting harder and harder to search for anything worth anything now.
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Big Block Power wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:19 pm Craigslist has gotten really bad. Besides all of the scammers all of the jerks advertising their bass boat and then tag every boat manufacturer out there just sucks. Same with pontoon dealers. So it's a pain to search now. Boat trader isn't much better. It's getting harder and harder to search for anything worth anything now.
No kidding on tagging every brand. How many people does it take to flag those ads before CL takes them down? That pontoon boat dealer can walk the plank/
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dustinm wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:42 pm
Big Block Power wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:19 pm Craigslist has gotten really bad. Besides all of the scammers all of the jerks advertising their bass boat and then tag every boat manufacturer out there just sucks. Same with pontoon dealers. So it's a pain to search now. Boat trader isn't much better. It's getting harder and harder to search for anything worth anything now.
No kidding on tagging every brand. How many people does it take to flag those ads before CL takes them down? That pontoon boat dealer can walk the plank/
Yes you used to be able to flag the crap not anymore. So it's a waste of time. I want to search cobalt so show me cobalt! You would think CL would fix it but they don't care. I'm sure they are making money off the car dealers maybe! But then again we stopped using them also.
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bruceb58 wrote: Sat Mar 13, 2021 6:07 pm Picked up our 2017 R5 WSS(Water Sport Series) with 113 hours and Mercruiser 350 in January. Perfect condition. I think I got lucky finding mine. Was a 6 hour drive but worth it.
bruce, how much did you pay? Just curious if this market is ready to flip so us poor guys can afford to buy a used boat again.
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Chrispval wrote: Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:14 pm
bruceb58 wrote: Sat Mar 13, 2021 6:07 pm Picked up our 2017 R5 WSS(Water Sport Series) with 113 hours and Mercruiser 350 in January. Perfect condition. I think I got lucky finding mine. Was a 6 hour drive but worth it.
bruce, how much did you pay? Just curious if this market is ready to flip so us poor guys can afford to buy a used boat again.
I will pm you
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I believe still available if you can make the trip. I took a serious look but decided to go new

https://www.boattrader.com/boat/2017-cobalt-r5-7573492/
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The scary thing is you could get a new r7 with a 380 for 10k more in 2019.just saying crazy. So not sure why you would pay that much for a tiny 350. I know it works great in that boat. If you do buy it and it has a merc in it add a drive shower so it cools the top half of the drive so it doesn't get all chalky like some ive seen on here.
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CobaltNewbie wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:32 pm Hello - I'm looking for a 2017 or newer R5 with a 350 or 380.

Please DM with any options. Thank you!
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I can only resist so many offers. I've always said that everything is for sale at the right price. I guess the times are living in are going to test me. Problem is, we are near the right price. I'd sell my 2020 R5 (1 season, 50 hr) for 130K.

It a strange time we live in. This will only be the 2nd boat I made money on. The first cost me 500 and I sold it for $500. I figure breaking even is making money in boats! :D
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