Living 2 miles from a lake and not having a boat seemed like a crime. My son turned 14 this summer and it was time. I spent a long time looking and knew I wanted a V-drive and a Nautique but didn’t want to spend over $10k. I found this Nautique Excel with 444 hours and a wakeboard tower in great shape. The transmission lost reverse after 20 hours but thanks to the great info on CCF a $175 later and a few hours of labor I had the tranmission repaired and the boat and was back on the water.