Well.....here in Arizona we are not having any luck with "Champ" dealers.....we just had our latest casualty....First, the oldest Champ dealer in the country lost the Champion line.....for a variety of reasons....now, the new dealer just closed it's doors....taking my deposit for a new 200 Elite with em.....AARGH!

It looks like they fowarded my order over to Anglers Marine in CA but failed to foward my down payment......Anglers Marine and the local Champion Rep are working to get it back but it doesn't look good.....They did say that they are working with the factory to "credit" the down payment towards the purchase anyways.....lets hope!

On a brighter note.....My boat went into production today.....
and should be complete and ready for shipping in about two weeks...

If I wasn't such a loyal Champ owner I would have simply canceled this entire order and bought something else....I'm a little worried about warranty issues, seeing how the closest dealer (Anglers Marine) is about 7 hours away....lets hope I don't need to use it much!

Dan