I debated about even starting this thread, but thought that I would give my experience.
A friend of mine (who makes more than I do) bought a new 2007 MC X-45. He invited me out this morning and we wakeboarded around a little. He got a deal on it at around 70K or so since it was the end of the year. I asked him why he didn't go talk to my Tige dealer and he said: UHMM, I dunno. I think he just had extra cash to burn so he went straight with the most expensive he could find.
A few random thoughts:
The tower: very nice, very solid, the swing in board racks are the shizzle. The bimini fit nice and was overall a huge bonus.
The tower stereo: 4 cans put out more sound than I have heard from any other 4 can system. When I rode, he hadn't exactly figured out how to turn it up
so I had to ride without it, but had him turn it up when I was in the parking lot leaving and he was still on the lake...very impressive for four cans. And they look good on the tower.
Overall the fit and finish was very nice. The boat has a very solid feel to it and the seats are comfortable. The bow is huge, like another cockpit all by itself.
It turned very well once going, but was a big slug at idle speeds.
Handled double ups like they hardly existed, probably even better than my 24V.
I had to leave before they surfed. My friend was able to let go of the rope with 4 people in the boat and just stock ballast. He said it was a very average wave and could not move around in the pocket or he would fall out.
The wakeboarding wake was nice. With the Trimtab up, you needed to go 23 MPH to make a decent wake, or it foamed up. I was able to go at 21.5 with just a hint of the wake falling over on top with the trim tab most of the way down. We discovered that things were better at 22 MPH (of course after I got done). It seemed that going from inside the wake to outside had a better pop than going from the outside in. The main problem was that if you went wake to wake, and came up short, you hit this rock solid steep ramp and it would jolt your teeth out.
My biggest complaint was that this wake could not be made usable by beginners, the speed has to be too fast, the abrupt inner lip of the wake is terrible if you land just short on a wake to wake jump. For that reason, I could not have one.
There is a real ski pylon.
The vinyl does not seem to heat up to 180 degrees in the desert sun.
The storage up front was cavernous. The rear storage hatches are unimpressive. I MIGHT be able to get the 5 man water weenie in there. My tige has that, a ballast bag and another 3 man tube in the rear storage hatch.
The 8.1 liter engine has a nice low grumble to it and got the boat on plane nicely. I just would not want to have to fill that 90 gallon tank.
A friend of mine (who makes more than I do) bought a new 2007 MC X-45. He invited me out this morning and we wakeboarded around a little. He got a deal on it at around 70K or so since it was the end of the year. I asked him why he didn't go talk to my Tige dealer and he said: UHMM, I dunno. I think he just had extra cash to burn so he went straight with the most expensive he could find.
A few random thoughts:
The tower: very nice, very solid, the swing in board racks are the shizzle. The bimini fit nice and was overall a huge bonus.
The tower stereo: 4 cans put out more sound than I have heard from any other 4 can system. When I rode, he hadn't exactly figured out how to turn it up
so I had to ride without it, but had him turn it up when I was in the parking lot leaving and he was still on the lake...very impressive for four cans. And they look good on the tower. Overall the fit and finish was very nice. The boat has a very solid feel to it and the seats are comfortable. The bow is huge, like another cockpit all by itself.
It turned very well once going, but was a big slug at idle speeds.
Handled double ups like they hardly existed, probably even better than my 24V.
I had to leave before they surfed. My friend was able to let go of the rope with 4 people in the boat and just stock ballast. He said it was a very average wave and could not move around in the pocket or he would fall out.
The wakeboarding wake was nice. With the Trimtab up, you needed to go 23 MPH to make a decent wake, or it foamed up. I was able to go at 21.5 with just a hint of the wake falling over on top with the trim tab most of the way down. We discovered that things were better at 22 MPH (of course after I got done). It seemed that going from inside the wake to outside had a better pop than going from the outside in. The main problem was that if you went wake to wake, and came up short, you hit this rock solid steep ramp and it would jolt your teeth out.
My biggest complaint was that this wake could not be made usable by beginners, the speed has to be too fast, the abrupt inner lip of the wake is terrible if you land just short on a wake to wake jump. For that reason, I could not have one.
There is a real ski pylon.
The vinyl does not seem to heat up to 180 degrees in the desert sun.
The storage up front was cavernous. The rear storage hatches are unimpressive. I MIGHT be able to get the 5 man water weenie in there. My tige has that, a ballast bag and another 3 man tube in the rear storage hatch.
The 8.1 liter engine has a nice low grumble to it and got the boat on plane nicely. I just would not want to have to fill that 90 gallon tank.
.
deal and paid 90K out the door. 
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