hoffmanlaw
New Member
Hi. I have (had) a Seadoo 2002 GTX 155 and took it out for the first time this season. It was not ridden at all last season. I bought it June 2009 with low hours and it was not ridden much at all in 2009, 2010 or 2011. It was stored out of water under a roof since purchase. From the end of the 2011 season until memorial day this year it was stored. My boat storage place at Pickwick lake was asked to get it ready for riding. I have a bill from them that shows they charged the battery, then put on a new battery, $156.00 and cleaned and detailed it. They changed the oil in May of 2012 but we never rode it.
They towed me to the water and I rode it literally for about 15 minutes, then tied it up at the dock. That night it was sinking. The plugs were in it. We towed it around the dock and put it on a lift and tried to drain the water and start it. No luck. Now a seadoo repair guy is telling me the engine is locked up and it will cost $2,500.00 approx to repair and that the seadoo is only worth about that much. He said without breaking down the engine it looks like it might have been an OPAS failure just from ordinary wear and tear or dry rot? Anyway, he has offered me $600.00 for it for scrap basically since the engine is no good. If I sell the seadoo to someone else, I have a $200.00 repair bill for looking at it.
Does any of this sound right? Is the offer of $600.00 fair? Please, let me know. Thanks.
They towed me to the water and I rode it literally for about 15 minutes, then tied it up at the dock. That night it was sinking. The plugs were in it. We towed it around the dock and put it on a lift and tried to drain the water and start it. No luck. Now a seadoo repair guy is telling me the engine is locked up and it will cost $2,500.00 approx to repair and that the seadoo is only worth about that much. He said without breaking down the engine it looks like it might have been an OPAS failure just from ordinary wear and tear or dry rot? Anyway, he has offered me $600.00 for it for scrap basically since the engine is no good. If I sell the seadoo to someone else, I have a $200.00 repair bill for looking at it.
Does any of this sound right? Is the offer of $600.00 fair? Please, let me know. Thanks.