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The 210 you are looking at will be a great boat for the Montana waters; Fort Benton Res. to the Flathead, well suited, comfortable boat. As far as the eBay purchase goes, I bought a Toyota Land Cruiser from a guy in Florida off of the Internet, sight unseen. People thought I was crazy, but I asked the seller to take it to a Toyota dealer (on my dime) and have them do a run through. The Toyota dealer said if I decided not to buy it, they would. I had it shipped to Oregon for about 1000k, never looked back, and still made out on the deal to boot; it runs like a top and can't even tell when I am pulling my 150 around. If the seller is serious about selling to you, ask him to take it to a dealer and tell him you'll pay for it, it'll be worth effort and far cheaper than that airline ticket. Good Luck!