Having owned a 2000 Xstar for over -200 plus hours and spending a ton of time in 210's of those eras I would have to give the build quality to Nautique. The quality there is just a hair above and the boat is a little more rock solid.
Having said that both are going to last a lifetime of properly maintained. You can't pick a wrong boat in this situation performance wise. It basically comes down to a pro/con list of sorts. The PCM and Indmar power plants are rock solid.
MC PROS
-Little more roominess
-More storage
-Wake shape is much more forgiving
-skis awesome
-drives like a Ferrari weighted or unweighted.
-surfable with better surf wake than a 210.
-wakeboard wake has one of the best shapes of all time. Perfect transitions , ability to mellow it out or peak it up a touch with weight placement. Nice landing zones.
-bow area is much deeper and more useable for comfort(when not filled with ballast)
Con
-Takes a crap ton of weight to get the wake mackin. Best setup Wakeboarding. 750's in rear. , factory Center bag, and ins or bow triangle up front(so in essence you loose your bow seating). You can run a 600 in the walkway to keep the bow seating as an option.
- vinyl was crap( while most companies experienced crap vinyl due to new epa regulations, mc's was hit pretty hard.
-factory decals no longer available or in very very very short supply
-prone to stress cracks on interior gelcoat in bow area and walk through. Also in the area where the air vents are screwed in just in front of the windshield on the side. (More cosmetic than anything structural).
Nautique
-vinyl is Touch better
- takes the least amount of weight to get the wake macking. (In turn little savings on fuel)
-03 is the single most desirable year for features, graphics and accessories.
-drivers helm is very comfortable.
-factory decals all still available
- wakeboard wake is like no other wake around. It's sends you booting straight up.
CON
- boat is really tight on storage
-telefax gauges were prone to failure
-hour meters are pretty much inaccurate on some models due to the failure of the gauges and the engine not logging info
-ski and surf wake are below the MC
-wakeboard wake while massive and poppy , leaves you with tight landing zone, and can be intimidating to new a at first.
I am sure I am missing a couple for each but it really boils down to what you need and are looking for in features and what stacks up. The quality is there on both
Last edited by xstarrider; 03-20-2016 at 7:54 AM.
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