Great info everyone! Much appreciated! What type of upkeep does the exterior require to keep it clean and looking new? Maybe wax it each year before putting away for storage? What would be a fair price to pay for a 210, twin 215's with under 100 hours?
Prices, I have found a little tricky to find... Most seem over priced so 25k range +or- for a 2010 to 2012 (non wake version) seems reasonable to me!? Maybe others will chime in as well. We are in Iowa so if price does vary around the country we are close to you. If you're going to need a loan and of course insurance coverage its value is going to be around there.
We searched high and low we bought ours sight unseen from a consignment dealer that didn't know anything about boats 6 hours away. We found a Sea Doo pwc dealer close to the consignment dealer that looked it over before we drove to get it but other than yes hours are accurate, won't sink and motors start with fresh oil they were not a ton of help but it did give some credibility. Had 28 hours and had been sitting for a year or so just a couple minor scratches but dirty with twin 215's. We paid $21,500 2 years ago, when we got it home we were willing to spend another 1k in random this or that's to get it running reliability. Including:
-New battery (was told the one in it was brand new, last time I take someone's word I should have checked)
-New cover (we knew this prior to purchase)
-1 Oil pressure sensor (I replaced, turns out both engines were way over filled with oil)
-New trailer tires (this was know at time of purchase we limped along for one season)
-New stereo, because of moisture
-A few other odds and ends needed fixed and a good cleaning
In the end we were in it for right around 23k, we were very happy with the price but it did take us a good month to sort out some frustrating issues and all turned out to be related to the bad battery and over filled oil. Once we figured that out we had a perfect running boat all last summer other than the old ski rope in the impeller trick.