Do Not Buy an I/o

buckthis · Posted: Jan 18, 2012 5:09 pm Post subject: Do Not Buy an I/o

Even if it has a fancy Wakeboard tower on it!
I/o's do not hold their value like inboards, so it worth it to spend the extra money to buy an inboard. I sold my 99Malibu response earlier this year for $11,500 and now its probably worth $13,000. That response threw out a great wake and I did learn to surf behind it! try that behind an I/O! Anyways since this is a wakeboarding site and I don't know anyone who has sold their inboard to get an I/o, I think its fair to warn any potential first time boat buyers to go ahead and get a good used inboard Wakeboard boat and save them alot of headaches.

Wakeboarder3780 · Posted: Jan 18, 2012 5:41 pm Post subject:

msimpson · Posted: Jan 19, 2012 9:20 am Post subject:

I work on a lot of boats.....................Another reason to get an inbord. Pretty much every boat I have to fix is an IO!!!

dbismyname · Posted: Jan 19, 2012 3:34 pm Post subject:

buckthis, Much more appropriate thread and I'll agree with this statement since it's directed towards wakeboarders. I can think of very few exceptions where an I/O would be a better fit than an inboard and none of those exceptions involve wake boarding.

buckthis · Posted: Jan 19, 2012 4:36 pm Post subject:

msimpson, thats what I'm talking about! I had no problems with the malibu response for ten years, awsome and I could have sold it for 13,000 but got tired giving people free rides to test it out. Summers are short up here and didn't want to waste my time. I wouldn't be ripping on I/o's but I owned one and every year I had to take the outdrive off to lube the U-joints, what a pain in the arse. Also, the wake on my response was just as good as my 2005 VLX.

magilla · Newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2011 Posts: 22 City: Canton

I totally agree with you, Steve. I've owned 2 I/O's, then upgraded to the 08 Nautique sv211. Never going back to a I/O.

wakeboarder89 · Addict Joined: 15 Jun 2003 Posts: 637

you obviously do not know what you are talking about. I/Os are way better for many reasons. I think they throw a better wake so I stick with the I/O. We put 500 lbs in my bayliner and it is a sweet wake, very steep and firm and not to mention the I/O burns way less fuel.

buckthis · Posted: Jan 28, 2012 3:00 pm Post subject:

hahahahahahahahahahaha.....
obviously you have never owned an inboard and don't surf!
I/O suck!