buying used 1998 seadoo Challenger

[fonthillhdtv]

I have been in the market for a used challenger for a while now. I think I found a good condition 1998 challenger 18ft green and white. I am new to the whole seadoo thing. I have always had a boat with outboards. Was the 1998 Challenger a reliable model is there anything with this particular model i should look out for. Are parts for this 10/11 year old boat still available. are the rotax engines good compared to the newer model with the mercury single in them. ballpark what would you pay for a 1998 challenger that cosmetically looks good.

 

[timmyboy76]

Its a great boat, I think. Had the 97. All motor parts, you can find, only thing i'd look out for, is the cables, going obsolete, in next yr/2.

If boat looks great..cosmetically, interior..etc, and runs better than it looks, i'd say no more than 6500, U.S. dollars.

 

[factory81]

Doesn't the 18ft challenger come with twin rotax engines? You need to run a compression test on the engines.

I would offer $3500 and work your way up from there. These 2 bangers spend all their life at the rpm limiter basically. So it would seem common to replace the engines.....