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Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle!
      02/10/2007 13:35

Hi Mark,

boats are very emotional purchases and normal sensible criteria don't really apply. So if a Sunseeker is what you really want you'll probably buy it anyway, however they are very fashionable types of boat and big old Sunseekers loose money regardless of the red diesel issue. Some people on here will tell you to just go for it and hang the cost, lifes too short and all that. However if you are the type that has to feel happy with all aspects of your purchase, then I would say its not the boat for you. If your gut is telling you now its too much, then it won't get any better in 2009, whatever happens fuel prices are not going down.

Only my opinion of course, but I think large shaft driven powerboats of this size are only affordable in the UK because of Red diesel. The increased cost of fuel will turn them into nothing more than very expensive holiday homes by the sea, only good for the odd blast to the beach and back.

Time will tell.

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* Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! 15dn 02/10/2007 08:00
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! lenseman   19/12/2007 00:23
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! adrianm   22/12/2007 21:07
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! RED_DIESEL   19/01/2008 15:51
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! gjgm   08/10/2007 15:34
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! 15dn   29/10/2007 05:55
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! Chris_d   29/10/2007 12:48
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! betweenboats   05/10/2007 16:15
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! RED_DIESEL   06/10/2007 18:31
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! RedDiesel   20/01/2008 18:44
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! mrbloto   22/01/2008 17:16
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! RED_DIESEL   23/01/2008 01:17
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! Chris_d   02/10/2007 10:42
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! 15dn   02/10/2007 12:53
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! kormoran   29/10/2007 18:15
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! Andrew_Fanner   30/10/2007 10:07
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! kormoran   30/10/2007 13:46
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! Andrew_Fanner   31/10/2007 08:14
. * * Re: Looking for a Boat but advice needed re the Red Diesel Debacle! Chris_d   02/10/2007 13:35

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