Picked up new boat.....sort of.
If any of you read the "7 days and counting" thread, you read that me and my family were on the way to Lake of the Ozarks to pick up our brand new 24V last Monday.
Here is the update.
We load our stuff and our 4 kids and head for Kansas City Monday.
Leave for the lake on Tuesday and get there in time to check our new ride! It loks awesome!! We love the way it looks and the whole package turned out great! And for the best part yet, the '05 we ordered turns out to be an '06!!!!!
We set a time to water test the boat the following day.
After some delay, we water test the boat. Runs great, seems to be one of the faster 24V's they've tested, etc. etc.
The boat itself seems to be great, but we basically wasted the next four days (we were planning on meeting some friends at another lake on Saturday-had to cancel) waiting on fixing a stalling/not starting/fuel starvation problem.
We just returned home (9+ hour drive from LOTO) without a boat. We spent a total of less than 2 hours on our new boat last week.
We are not very happy or impressed so far.
I will have to say that the dealer did everything in their power to get it going for us. Overnighted parts, spent overtime on the boat, etc.
I don't know yet whether we have a Tige issue or a marine power 6.0 vortec issue.
One of the main guys (Eddie?) from Marine power is supposed to be at the dealer tomorrow, and our dealer promised to deliver the boat to our door when it is perfect.
I really couldn't ask any more from our dealer, but on nearly every thread about new Tige problems, the first response is: "What about your dealer?"
Every time something like this happens to a customer, Tige will lose 10 more customers, and eventually dealers as well. A dealer should not have to spend ANY of their time fixing a brand new boat!!!
Granted, this may be a motor issue and not a Tige issue, but if I even SENSE one blaming the other with no results, I guarantee I will buy a boat that IS NOT a Tige, and DOES NOT have a Marine ower motor in it!!!
I am supposed to know more tomorrow I will relate the issues then.
Sorry to vent, but we just basically WASTED a weeks vacation, and it will not happen again!!
Here is the update.
We load our stuff and our 4 kids and head for Kansas City Monday.
Leave for the lake on Tuesday and get there in time to check our new ride! It loks awesome!! We love the way it looks and the whole package turned out great! And for the best part yet, the '05 we ordered turns out to be an '06!!!!!
We set a time to water test the boat the following day.
After some delay, we water test the boat. Runs great, seems to be one of the faster 24V's they've tested, etc. etc.
The boat itself seems to be great, but we basically wasted the next four days (we were planning on meeting some friends at another lake on Saturday-had to cancel) waiting on fixing a stalling/not starting/fuel starvation problem.
We just returned home (9+ hour drive from LOTO) without a boat. We spent a total of less than 2 hours on our new boat last week.
We are not very happy or impressed so far.
I will have to say that the dealer did everything in their power to get it going for us. Overnighted parts, spent overtime on the boat, etc.
I don't know yet whether we have a Tige issue or a marine power 6.0 vortec issue.
One of the main guys (Eddie?) from Marine power is supposed to be at the dealer tomorrow, and our dealer promised to deliver the boat to our door when it is perfect.
I really couldn't ask any more from our dealer, but on nearly every thread about new Tige problems, the first response is: "What about your dealer?"
Every time something like this happens to a customer, Tige will lose 10 more customers, and eventually dealers as well. A dealer should not have to spend ANY of their time fixing a brand new boat!!!
Granted, this may be a motor issue and not a Tige issue, but if I even SENSE one blaming the other with no results, I guarantee I will buy a boat that IS NOT a Tige, and DOES NOT have a Marine ower motor in it!!!
I am supposed to know more tomorrow I will relate the issues then.
Sorry to vent, but we just basically WASTED a weeks vacation, and it will not happen again!!
I'll say it.......................Man that really sucks!! I've been watching for you and Tanner to give us an update on your rides but not one like this. I did see another thread somewhere about problems with the 6.0 but don't remember where, but like a lot of new (insert item of your choice) when they get the glitches out you will have the newest and bestest! 
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