I am looking to upgrade my 96 PII in the not too distant future and looking at another PII or PIV. One thing I love about my 96 is there is plenty of room in the bilge area to get to all of the bilge and areator pumps without removing anything. How about the newer PIIs and PIVs?
One thing I did not like in my P-2 was access to the batteries. You really had to pullout the batteries to check water level. At least for the 07 model year, you could not remove the bilge lid.