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When Buying a Boat - Tips for Test Driving a Boat for Sale

By Capablanca Fisher


When deciding on a boat with the boat dealer. You should not worry about the time factor. You are the one who wanted to buy a boat and not the boat dealer. So, he should spend some time and effort with you to make the sale.

The most important thing here is that you should make quality time when evaluating the boat. And not browsing through the shiny brochures or reading the testimonials they provide for you. You should even forget about all the hype that �our boats are better that theirs�. These are all usually gimmicks pulled out by the dealers to make the sale.

After that, you should test drive the boat. Request for one if it is not voluntarily provided. This is the only way you can experience for yourself the conditions you will be in when driving the boat.

Sometimes, you may be asked to put up a deposit and make a deal �subject to satisfactory� test run as a way for the dealers to discourage freeloaders who just want to have a boat ride.

Make sure you either get a test run in a similar boat model that you ordered or have a �satisfactory re-demo� clause in your contract if the demo is not possible for the moment. If you test run in a boat with 50 horsepower higher than the boat you ordered � the feeling and satisfaction you will received in your new boat will definitely not the same with the one you test drive with.

When financing the boat, you will certainly be asked to put down some deposit with the dealer first. This is to give the dealer some fall back just in case you wanted to change or cancel your order as a boat is not cheap.

Just be aware that the deposit required depends on the price of the boat and the commonness of purchase of the boat according to the dealer. The more common someone ask for that particular boat model, the easier it is for the dealer to sell the boat to other customers if someone else cancelled their order.

There you have it. Apply these tips when buying for a boat and you are on your ways to become one happy boater.

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