The following is the explanation of why I purchased an ASR instead of a G23. These are my opinions based on the values that I hold, they are not in any way indicative of how all of you value things.
1) Three years of bow to stern warranty and 3 years of free service. Everything is covered expect for winterization (and we don't winterize much here). We put about 250 - 300 hours a year on a boat and the maintenance costs add up.
2) I'm not sure of the term, but there is more distance between the floor and the seat cushion (less knee in the chest).
3) I can hang my legs off the driver's seat and not touch the floor.
4) More storage in the rear compartments.
5) Surf pockets in the bimini are standard.
6) Wetsounds over Polk
7) Indmar over PCM
8) Alpha Z tower. I can walk under it an not hit my head (I'm 5'11)
9) The wakeboard wake is infinitely adjustable. It can be tame for my 5 year old at 17 mph (clean face too). moderate for my 8 year old (21 mph, half full ballast) and brutal for my old ass.
10) Board storage compartment on the transom. We usually have 6 - 8 wakeboards on the boat and it is nice to store the boys' boards in there.
To be fair, there are some things that I did not like:
1) The paddle wheel speed sensor. I have upgraded this to the Nauti-logic GPS and we are good to go.
2) The boat would porpoise at wakeboard speeds with the ballast full and the TAPS above 3. We added ~200# of lead to the nose and it fixed this issue.
The wakeboard wake is killer, we don't surf so I could care less about the surf wake. My final negotiated price was about 15K less than the G.
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