Well gentleman, I finally got to take the boat out for its first journey. The boat is setup with G2, 3 blade Raker26, atlas jack plate and all the Icon bells and whistles. Just to let you all know this is my 5th Ranger my last one was a 2010 Z521 w/ 250ho and I have been a die hard Ranger guy and hopefully can stay one. This is is how it went.
The GOOD- G2 is a BEAST! , Holeshot was incredible, I didn't open her up because of lake rules but jeez this thing is a torque monster. Power steering is awesome! Very impressed with the whole Evinrude setup.
The boat handled well like my other ones and pretty has that same Ranger feel to it. No complaints at all. Ultrex is the best thing since slice bread!!!
Now the BAD- idling out and go to lower Jack plate and it shuts off electronics, happens every time you touch the lever. Get to spot and drop in Ultrex and it takes 10 minutes for sonar to read correct depth (lowrance carbon) every time I would make a move you never knew when it would start working. I fished for 30 minutes with sonar reading 5' with clutter meanwhile I'm in 18'-25' then all of a sudden it starts working. Oh by the way water temp is reading way off by 10 degrees, I asked the other guys on the lake. So l figured try the power poles out, I drop the poles and the front electronics shut off, same as Jack plate switch except at the bow. Make another move and notice control pad flashing, I have know idea what that's all about, fuel gauge isn't working, tank is full and both gauge and evinrude screen read empty. Adjustable seats are great but they squeak ALOT when running. So at the day I'm sitting here like WTF!!!! $104,000 and I'm dealing with all this plus another wasted 2 days of trips back and forth to dealer! Like I said earlier, I'm a loyal Ranger guy obviously that's why I purchased a ICON but man I'm pissed 😡 , I NEVER had issues like this on any of my past boats!!