I am hoping through all of your vast knowledge and experience some of you can help me make the best decision purchasing a new/used boat. 
Brief history: I bought my first boat in 2005. It was a brand new Moomba Outback. I had just gotten into wake boarding and was on a budget. The Moomba was great. I never had any problems with it in the 6 yrs I owned it. I then lost it in a separation.
the Moomba was pretty adequate for my needs, but when I did have the opportunity to board behind my neighbors Supra, I did notice a big difference in wakes.
Present day: Looking for a new/used boat and completely blown away by how the market and boat pricing have changed since I bought my last boat. I called the Moomba dealer, for starters, and was told the cheapest Moomba these days starts at about $50k. What the.... I paid $28k for my last one new, I believe. That's a huge difference!! He did explain all the changes and upgrades, etc.... Still....
Next path of investigation: My neighbors has a Tige he is selling. It's a 2004 22V LTD with only 123 hours on it. The boat looks to be in pristine condition and I know they take great care of things they own. he bought the boat in 2009 w/ 53 hours on it. So, only 2 owners. The boat seems to have a fair amount of options (I'll attach a pic if I can), with the only thing missing that I'm bummed about is auto ballast system. He does, of course, have bags to manually fill. NADA says price range $26-29k. I am hoping if I choose this path that I can get it at maybe $25k-ish.
Still blowing my mind to spend this much on a 10 yr old boat. Trying hard to get over that.
Last option: Buy a new boat. I have not known much about Tige's, so I've been trying to read up. Seems like I could potentially get a new Tige R20 for $50k-ish. This route would require financing, which the dealer was happy to tell me I can get a 20 yr. loan now. LOL! Also, seems like I could also get a Moomba Möbius LSV for about the same price point.
Soooooo..... All this to ask the question...... What should I do?
My concern, perhaps unfounded, is how many inherent problems are going to arise in the near future with a 10 year old boat?? That is probably my biggest question/concern. And I know, obviously there's no way to know for sure, but what are the odds or what's the norm for boats? If you guys were say, Tige is so amazing and with low hours like that odds are nothing major, then I would probably go used. If the answer is, after 10 years all kinds of things start to wear out and need replacing then I will prob pursue new.
Money is a factor, but I want to make the smartest decision for the long term. We have a lake house as a second property, so the boat would be used on weekends mostly.
Sorry, I'm totally rambling now. Thanks in advance for any and all advice/opinions you can offer!
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Brief history: I bought my first boat in 2005. It was a brand new Moomba Outback. I had just gotten into wake boarding and was on a budget. The Moomba was great. I never had any problems with it in the 6 yrs I owned it. I then lost it in a separation.
the Moomba was pretty adequate for my needs, but when I did have the opportunity to board behind my neighbors Supra, I did notice a big difference in wakes. Present day: Looking for a new/used boat and completely blown away by how the market and boat pricing have changed since I bought my last boat. I called the Moomba dealer, for starters, and was told the cheapest Moomba these days starts at about $50k. What the.... I paid $28k for my last one new, I believe. That's a huge difference!! He did explain all the changes and upgrades, etc.... Still....
Next path of investigation: My neighbors has a Tige he is selling. It's a 2004 22V LTD with only 123 hours on it. The boat looks to be in pristine condition and I know they take great care of things they own. he bought the boat in 2009 w/ 53 hours on it. So, only 2 owners. The boat seems to have a fair amount of options (I'll attach a pic if I can), with the only thing missing that I'm bummed about is auto ballast system. He does, of course, have bags to manually fill. NADA says price range $26-29k. I am hoping if I choose this path that I can get it at maybe $25k-ish.
Still blowing my mind to spend this much on a 10 yr old boat. Trying hard to get over that.
Last option: Buy a new boat. I have not known much about Tige's, so I've been trying to read up. Seems like I could potentially get a new Tige R20 for $50k-ish. This route would require financing, which the dealer was happy to tell me I can get a 20 yr. loan now. LOL! Also, seems like I could also get a Moomba Möbius LSV for about the same price point.
Soooooo..... All this to ask the question...... What should I do?
My concern, perhaps unfounded, is how many inherent problems are going to arise in the near future with a 10 year old boat?? That is probably my biggest question/concern. And I know, obviously there's no way to know for sure, but what are the odds or what's the norm for boats? If you guys were say, Tige is so amazing and with low hours like that odds are nothing major, then I would probably go used. If the answer is, after 10 years all kinds of things start to wear out and need replacing then I will prob pursue new.
Money is a factor, but I want to make the smartest decision for the long term. We have a lake house as a second property, so the boat would be used on weekends mostly.
Sorry, I'm totally rambling now. Thanks in advance for any and all advice/opinions you can offer!
Here's the details on the 2004.
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