Still have my 2001 and love it. It is a drivers boat I.E. trim corectly when going into a turn etc.etc. If it has just a stock 454 you won't like it very much. As it was stated earlier they ride a little heavy until about 50-55 MPH. After that they ride on rails. I personally have 1000HP in mine. Never had any issues with the hull or drive. The boat rides awesome from 65-100. Years ago there were several rollovers that happened. All were attributed to driver error. Iknow that will stir up the haters.