Im boat shopping to and have looked at the Vexus. My problem with an aluminum boat is this. Any new alum 18 foot with a 115 is gonna run you 30,000. If you book the same boat that is 3 years old it only books for about 15,000. I cant see loosing half your boat value in 3 years. Short side there is no resale value in an aluminum boat. The glass boats seem to hold there value a lot better and your nearly the same price.