Tige a waste of money!!

[poohpotta]

I purchased a 2004 22V Limited from Ski Hut in Nashville, TN. Besides a few cosmetic issues, the boat has been great and I put 40 hours on it so far. It sounds like this dude just is trying to scream loud enough to get a free boat out of Tige or something. I think that Tige has went above and beyond the call for this guy and I applaud Andrew and his entire team for that.

[littlehouseonprairie]

OK, let's not get to the point of insulting this poor guy. Regardless of his experience, a boat fresh from the dealer with the Tige name on the side is supposed to be reliable and trouble free... at least under reasonable use. This guy is spending enormous personal time getting the fair deal he paid for. If the engine is damaged due to improper lubrication, this is not his fault. It is, however his problem, since the boat is now a big long-term maintenance risk. It was supposed to be a "new" properly maintained boat. The dealer should be transporting the boat to the factor for you as many times as it takes. Everything, including the upolstery should be made perfect. I advise you to hire a lawyer and send him after the dealer. It will cost you less in time and fuel than you're likely to pay if you try to do this yourself. You'll be amazed how fast you'll see an improvement.

Last fall I took my 01 Tige 2300V to a local Malibu dealer (no Tige dealer in my vicinity) for winterization. I forgot to give them the key so the decided to hotwire it. When I opened it this spring, the ignition was all messed up and they'd tried to caulk the cover back in place. You can't believe the bozo job these guys did. I'm good with tools, so fixed it right myself. My point is, some of these dealers are complete imcompetents. Tige makes a good boat . Your beef should be with the dealer that isn't honoring your deal.

RW

[21V_Swe]

Wow! History lesson. Did you not look at the date from the last post? This thread is 4 years old.

[chadster2]

Like the great philosopher roseanadanna said most every Saturday night “Never mind!”
So what ever happened? Did the man get to his happy place?

[Ruune]

OK, let's not get to the point of insulting this poor guy. Regardless of his experience, a boat fresh from the dealer with the Tige name on the side is supposed to be reliable and trouble free... at least under reasonable use. This guy is spending enormous personal time getting the fair deal he paid for. If the engine is damaged due to improper lubrication, this is not his fault. It is, however his problem, since the boat is now a big long-term maintenance risk. It was supposed to be a "new" properly maintained boat. The dealer should be transporting the boat to the factor for you as many times as it takes. Everything, including the upolstery should be made perfect. I advise you to hire a lawyer and send him after the dealer. It will cost you less in time and fuel than you're likely to pay if you try to do this yourself. You'll be amazed how fast you'll see an improvement.

Last fall I took my 01 Tige 2300V to a local Malibu dealer (no Tige dealer in my vicinity) for winterization. I forgot to give them the key so the decided to hotwire it. When I opened it this spring, the ignition was all messed up and they'd tried to caulk the cover back in place. You can't believe the bozo job these guys did. I'm good with tools, so fixed it right myself. My point is, some of these dealers are complete imcompetents. Tige makes a good boat . Your beef should be with the dealer that isn't honoring your deal.

RW

wow, thank you for regurgitating this turd. what was the point of bringing up a 4 year old thread?

[wakeOC07]

he's just a puppy learning to swim, having a real hard time with it!

[wakeOC07]

ooops

[canuck]

It's very exausting indeed. I'm not sure what you fellas have against being satisfied with a purchase as large as this. And as to the issue of hours being on the boat when I bought it, from some of the posts includeing Andrews, it sounds to me like a Tige with "165 hours" is an OLD boat & this changes the game some how, that a Tige boat with only "165 hours" is expected to break down this often and is normal and that I am a novice for not knowing that. Well that my friends is the whole point of me posting. So potential Tige buyers will know what to expect because I for one didn't expect to trailer my boat to tige after every outing with a boat that had only 165 hours on it. I beleive Tige should take steps to inform buyers of this 165 hour mark that a boat becomes in a different cattagory as other boats. Even though I am concidered a novice to some, my experience with several BAJA's were very good & we never had any problems. Anyways, can't wait to shed more light on the subject. Maybe I'll see some of you at the shop geting our OLD boats worked on!
Oh, & Tige22ityper, being as you sound so educated on this matter, explain to me why a customer would still be "pissed" if everything was fixed?

Since you stated that you have owned a boat before how many hours do you put on it in one year.

How the hell would you think that a boat with 160 hrs on it is considered like new????

You understand exactly how hours translates to how much use a boat really has had on it.

I don't think that Tiges with 160 hrs are old and will breakdown but 160 hours is definitely not a new boat.

Just to give you an idea. I've owned two boats before my current '05 22i. On all of my boats I've averaged 40 to 50 hours of use per year.

160 hours would translate to three year's of usuage for me.

Just exactly what is your definition of a new vs. used boat?????

So a car with 20,000 mile on it should still be considered new in your eyes????

[canuck]

OK, let's not get to the point of insulting this poor guy. Regardless of his experience, a boat fresh from the dealer with the Tige name on the side is supposed to be reliable and trouble free... at least under reasonable use. This guy is spending enormous personal time getting the fair deal he paid for. If the engine is damaged due to improper lubrication, this is not his fault. It is, however his problem, since the boat is now a big long-term maintenance risk. It was supposed to be a "new" properly maintained boat. The dealer should be transporting the boat to the factor for you as many times as it takes. Everything, including the upolstery should be made perfect. I advise you to hire a lawyer and send him after the dealer. It will cost you less in time and fuel than you're likely to pay if you try to do this yourself. You'll be amazed how fast you'll see an improvement.

Last fall I took my 01 Tige 2300V to a local Malibu dealer (no Tige dealer in my vicinity) for winterization. I forgot to give them the key so the decided to hotwire it. When I opened it this spring, the ignition was all messed up and they'd tried to caulk the cover back in place. You can't believe the bozo job these guys did. I'm good with tools, so fixed it right myself. My point is, some of these dealers are complete imcompetents. Tige makes a good boat . Your beef should be with the dealer that isn't honoring your deal.

RW

My beef is with anyone who is stupid enough to consider a boat with 165 hrs on it as "new".

He got taken by his dealer .... period.

[canuck]

Opps just figured out how old this thread is!!!

Guy is still a f*cking idiot.

[da.bell]

he he he

I almost did the same and started typing and realized. So, you weren't the only one.

[Original Wing Nut]

I started down the same train of thought until I noticed Doms posts, then it kind of freaked me out, then I looked at the date. I hope by now this idiot has moved on and so am I.

[CP3]

I think he has OWN

MyTigeIsALemon
Last Activity: 11-24-2004 08:07 PM

[tigeblue]

I rode the crud out my 20V with 192 hours on it in one season and imo it runs better than when I had it new!
Yo da you going to the lake today? Call my celly if you do.. I still have yet to see you out there buddy!

[ragboy]

y, but we bring our boats in and wipe em down, and take care of em. Those demo boats are road hard and put away wet. ;-)

Thats a lot of hours for a demo boat if that is one season. Sounds like the dealer was a feminine cleansing product.