M235 Reviews

[Tims]

Very sweet boat. $250K!!! I have to figure out how to make more money.  

[hethj7]

Enjoy it man!  Beautiful boat and it sounds like it will provide a lot of great memories with your family.  

[Fman]

Beautiful boat design! I am like a moth to the flame for a G4 pimped out with quad PTM racks!

Looking forward to seeing the pics when she arrives!

[Cipro]

Been a while since I’ve posted..

My M235 has been awesome. Fairly certain it was one of the first 20 or so made, had some bugs, and some goofy stuff at first.

This beast has been so much fun for my friends and family.

Mine is for sale now. I’m torn between MXZ and another M235...

[The Hulk]

I don't get the m235...maybe a m255..it's so tall and big it would look way better with an extra 2ft or more..

Planning to upgrade when the 27lsv hits the market.

 

Edited January 12, 2018 by The Hulk

[M235Ozark]

I agree, not much on this forum for the M.  Probably means not alot of them have been sold.   I have had my 2017 for a year and LOVE the thing. The boat is a beast. Huge surf wave that doesn't need a whole lot of tweeking to get right.  you DONT need to buy the plug and play fat sacs that it comes plumbed for.  There's almost too much rear weight with this boat as it is.  

 

Couple of suggestions from someone who's owned one for a year:

 I would suggest that you have the dealer break it in before you take possession of it, unless you live next door to the dealer.  This goes for any new boat really.  A lot of the kinks will show themselves in the first 10-20 hours.  

Depending on your the stereo system use and upgrades, try to plug the batteries into the built-in trickle charger after every use. The electronics of this boat don't like batteries that aren't fully charged and the alternator isn't big enough to charge the batteries very well, just big enough to maintain them (I have been told that this is the way most vehicles are today too and not something that is specific to Malibu).  Took me a couple months of fighting small electrical gremlins to figure this one out.  

[RCorsa]

Thanks for the input. 

 

The dealer and the dock (run by the dealer) is literally 5 min from my house so all warranty issues will be easily sorted out as they move the boats by themselves to the service bay.   The disadvantage is the battery situation as the dry docks don’t allow for a 24/7 trickle charger.  My old boat had similar issues and I finally changed out the batteries to ultra high capacity batteries. I assume I could do the same amf in tha off season I would trickle charge them and the boat will go indoors at that time of year.  I totally get it with these ultra high performance toys.   I’ve had a number of sports cars (including a 488 Spider now) and they are notoriously problematic if you don’t trickle charge them most days.   I sure hope that the m235 isn’t that bad. 

[RCorsa]

My new m235 shipped Monday 3/19.  Should arrive this week.   Set up my delivery appointment for 4/6.   

[RCorsa]

I’ll try and get some better photos once the sun comes out.  You can kind of see the flake in the base but the blue is also dark blue metallic which is not obvious without sunlight.  Might be a few weeks as all we have is rain in the forecast for Next 10 days.  Ugh! 

 

Edited April 10, 2018 by RCorsa

[hethj7]

Beautiful!  But I got to say, it deserves some Domed Numbers for registration numbers. 

[nyryan2001]

Rcorsa, can you share the ballpark price range they are selling for new? And what upgrades did you get?

[RCorsa]

Domed numbers in route in brushed metal with black outline in Malibu front for $130 with $15 off thanks to this site 

My total build price was a touch over 250k which includes every option upgrade I think. Included $7000 in color upgrades and $6000 in trailer upgrades.

[onewake09]

I cant imagine the wave behind that thing. I would love to ride behind one some day. Beautiful Boat!

[CBray4]

@RCorsa That thing looks sick! Summer can't get here quick enough for your family I'm sure! 

[carguy79ta]

Gorgeous!!

[TenTwentyOne]

2 hours ago, RCorsa said:

 

My total build price was a touch over 250k which includes every option upgrade I think. Included $7000 in color upgrades and $6000 in trailer upgrades.

I’m assuming that was just MSRP? What kind of a discount did they offer?

The domed numbers are really going to look sharp on that boat!

[RucksMXZ]

One of the best looking M235's I've seen yet! Congrats, can't wait to see more pics of this M shinning in the sun! 

[wbama387]

Looks good! Did it come with the adjustable observers seat?

[wbama387]

@RCorsa I think I just realized the adjustable seat you were talking about. Did you mean the wake view seating?

[TallRedRider]

4 hours ago, TenTwentyOne said:

I’m assuming that was just MSRP? What kind of a discount did they offer?

The domed numbers are really going to look sharp on that boat!

Whoa!  

I know some people don't feel comfortable revealing purchase price, and that is OK. 

But some would consider 25% off MSRP to be a really good deal...which by my math lands at 187.5K.  

I love the boat, and would love to see it pop in the sunlight.  

[TenTwentyOne]

@TallRedRider ya, that’s what I was figuring. I just didn’t have any idea what the 235 MSRP #s are like. Guess I wanted to verify that he was talking MSRP. (Admittedly being nosey, and just curious how they compare in pricing to my Star.)

[Fman]

1 minute ago, TenTwentyOne said:

@TallRedRider ya, that’s what I was figuring. I just didn’t have any idea what the 235 MSRP #s are like. Guess I wanted to verify that he was talking MSRP. (Admittedly being nosey, and just curious how they compare in pricing to my Star.)

What's full msrp on new x star?  Gotta spill the beans...

[TenTwentyOne]

@Fman - Mine was 206k MSRP, but I didn’t do the 7.4l. It would have been about  212k if I had. Other than that, it’s fully loaded, and about 8k is color options (hull color, 4 flake sections, deck color). I was going to skip doing a power tower and dockstar, but then ended up just checking every box except 7.4 and SS package.

 

edit- no fancy trailer either. Just a regular TA, and only options were a ramp-n-clamp, spare tire, and transom tie downs.

Edited April 10, 2018 by TenTwentyOne

[RCorsa]

New numbers in same Malibu font and color as logo. The flake looks pretty crazy in the sunlight. 

[Malibudude]

3 minutes ago, RCorsa said:

New numbers in same Malibu font and color as logo. The flake looks pretty crazy in the sunlight. 

Very nice!!  Great color scheme as well!!