If your rule is that it has to be similar in price then there are no PWCs to compare the Spark to, and that just isn't very much fun. Any comparison to the Spark will be seeing what you get if you spend $3,000+ more on your PWC instead of going for the ridiculously inexpensive Spark.
It is true that the Spark was made to pull sales away from the used market. Apparently only 1 in 4 sales of PWCs are new. Everything else is used. Hence the creation of the Spark. It largely depends on what you can find in the used market in your area.
With that sort of deciding to do, I can see a lot of people new to sea-doo's go for a brand new spark for the obvious reasons. Experienced people and people that like to get their hands dirty will go for the used models.
well yea, but most people new to Sea Doo were having their first brand experience through the used market. Buying a used rig could have you run into a myriad of problems that will not be covered by warranty anymore likely leaving to some sour tastes in the mouth.
This way Sea Doo gets to hold the newbies hands from intro to close.
I'm not surprised that the Spark is selling well in Australia. The country seems pretty set to be a place with a large PWC market. other PWC makers should be coming out with something that is also cheaper as they don't want to lose all the sales that they were getting in the new PWC market to a cheaper product.
I'm not surprised that the Spark is selling well in Australia. The country seems pretty set to be a place with a large PWC market. other PWC makers should be coming out with something that is also cheaper as they don't want to lose all the sales that they were getting in the new PWC market to a cheaper product.
Florida and California have to be the biggest markets in America for PWCs. Other places I could see them being popular are in resort/beach house territory in southern Europe (Spain/Italy.) Most other places would have far weaker demand.
Are there any water toys/vehicles that aren't PWCs but could compete in the market? Something like wake boards, tubes, etc...
Florida and California have to be the biggest markets in America for PWCs. Other places I could see them being popular are in resort/beach house territory in southern Europe (Spain/Italy.) Most other places would have far weaker demand.
Are there any water toys/vehicles that aren't PWCs but could compete in the market? Something like wake boards, tubes, etc...
Thats an awkward question because wake boards and tubes are useless unless you have something to pull them with. You could pull witha PWC, but if you don't want a PWC for the same P/W you're looking at $40K ski boat....
Whats funny is it was Yamaha that noticed PWC buyers were shifting into the used market and promptly did nothing about it, Sea Doo on the other hand....
Florida and California have to be the biggest markets in America for PWCs. Other places I could see them being popular are in resort/beach house territory in southern Europe (Spain/Italy.) Most other places would have far weaker demand.
Are there any water toys/vehicles that aren't PWCs but could compete in the market? Something like wake boards, tubes, etc...
And lets not forget south america, caribbean & west indies, their ideal weather conditions make for a good reason to get a PWC like this. It's so cheap, i don't see why people would't wan to get one.
I'm planning to purchase a 3-up Spark. This will be my first PWC and I'm basically clueless.
I plan to play with it, but I'm mainly going to pull my kids in a small bay (about a 1 mile diameter and without much traffic).
I tried to build one on-line, but not sure what is needed and what is...
Kawasaki has a 310 horsepower PWC on sale and it costs $16,000. That is expensive in my opinion. Now this jet ski goes super fast and looks like a lot of fun, but how many people are willing to spend that amount of money on a PWC. You could buy a car with that money! Or 3 Sea-Doo Sparks...
So I did a little research and found that these two jet skis which, as far as I can tell, are the closest to the SeaDoo Spark in terms of price. Having said that, both of the rivals to the Spark are still a good $3,000 more than the Spark.
2011 Kawasaki Jet Ski 800 SX-R
MSRP: $7,899
Riding...
I know that the Seadoo Spark is so exciting because it is something that is far different from the other PWCs on the market. It is more affordable and lighter. I find it hard to believe that the Spark is the only one like it though.
Are there any other PWCs that come close to being comparable...
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