[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jan-07-06 AT 11:49AM (EST)[/font][p]I didn't have the money to buy a Ranger, or I would have. By far the nicest boats that I looked at the Indy Boat show.

I would think that buying a used boat, the motor is going to be the biggest concern, just like buying a car. How well the previous owner took care of it is key.

If your going to be worring about rough water, a bass boat deck layout is not what you would want in my opinion. A Lund Deep V or a Lowe Fishing Machine type boat is more of what you want.

I bet a '98 Ranger boat would be just like new. Just check the motor out real well. I heard a nasty rumor about the Merc EFI series being real bad on gas economy. Lots of power, bad on fuel consumption.