My read is that people really like the 180/185s. Those really into water sports tends to add tabs and get a lower pitch prop. Two-foot-itis is the other major problem you read about, wanting to upgrade to another Stingray.
I thought of another complaint. A lot of people hate the carpet in the ski locker because it does not dry out easily. I take a wet dry vac to it and have no problems.
Overall, I think you will find it a really easy to trailer, faster than comparable models, cheaper to run, good value for the price, comfortable boat, with a lot of versatility.
I have the 190 with a 4.3. The extra foot gets me a capacity of 8 adults over the 7 adults of the one you are looking at. Its light enough to tow easily, but good luck getting in into your garage.
I found it used with 14 hours on it, and have since put on an additional 100. Its a great boat and looks great too. I have had to replace a couple of screws that have vibrated out and had to fashion a way of replacing a couple of screws that were striped out. I pulled my outdrive this past year and my motor was still perfectly aligned. I plan to run this boat until one of two things happen: 1- one of my kids get into competition skiing like I was into when younger, in which case I will pick up a tournament ski boat again, or 2- my kids become large teenagers and we need to upgrade to a 22-23 foot version.
Right now if I were to upgrade I would seriously look at Stingray's 22 foot deck boat or the 22.5 foot open bow.
