I bought my 97 XP brand new. Rode the heck out of it the 1st 10 years. 1 rebuild around ~420 hours. Since then, I have been doing the maintenance and repairs myself with help from this community!! So glad we have some veteran and eager younger mechanics for these machines on this forum! Still ride it at least once a week during the season!! I am a boat person too, so when I ride a PWC, I want something small, lite and simple. Therefore, the newer, bigger, heavier 4-strokes are not for me. Not knocking them for those whose needs they meet, though. I’m sure they are great fun for the ones whose needs they meet.