I just made a long post in the lounge. I'm boat shopping. My local dealer (that I like) sells Xpress boats so they're the early leader in the clubhouse. I like the idea of a pad style aluminum.
It looks like most of the x19's that dealers stock have I4 175 motors vs the max rated v6 200. It's my understanding that the 200 costs about $3500 more. My question: Is there $3500 worth a difference between the two? I know that it's subjective but I'm looking for opinions because I really don't know. Obviously there should be a performance edge in getting the max HP for the hull but is it a razor margin or a big leap? Are there inherent benefits (i.e. reliability, cruising speed, resale, maintenance) to the big block v6 vs the inline 4?
Thanks