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The feds have little to do with housing prices directly that I agree. The feds have everything to do with our economic decline. The economic decline is essentially a massive devaluation of Canadian value. Between the stunts at the IMF, China and the juan, US over printing, and Canada feds literally locking down our resources to basically not a significant market provider this is exactly what led to massive increases in home prices. Its not the price of the home. Throw away concepts of the Canadian dollar thats fiat nonsense. All wealth is generated from assets and labour. There is no other kind. In 1968 before we got the curse of Trudeau sr beginning his deficit spending and we began to carry debt and the red tape machine began knee capping our resources. The Trudea family dirty secret is they were in the oil business. Specifically importing Saudi oil so both Pierre and Justin Trudeau did their absolute best to completely stifle Canadian oil development and exportation. They did that job well you have to give credit where credit is due the Trudeaus were a disaster for Canadian wealth but boy oh boy did they ever get the task of destroying Canadian oil exports right. Bravo comrades. Anyways the housing market has faced numerous problems the biggest of which was the second major problem our moronic Canadian Liberals did which was force almost all of our manufacturing to close and move offshore. Heck that dolt Kathleen Wynne when questioned about all the Ontario manufacturers packing up and leaving Ontario she bragged that this was a bygone era and NOT the way Ontario needs to go. To whit Wynne promptly began her green energy crusade and lets take a look at the basic bullet points here. 1. She sold Hydro One to private companies. 2. Wynne took that money to produce green electricty with her mighty wind power scam. 3. Electricity rates tripled for Ontario. 4. We received a grand total of just over one percent reduction in coventional electricty production for all those windmills and at three times the price per KWH. These efforts destroyed private business and production further and some of our best and brightest companies packed up and left because of operating costs. Swiffer being one. A Canadian invnented and owned company now in the states operating at less than 25% of the costs to operate in Ontario. These massive gaps are not only non competitive they are anti competitive. All the while jobs lost, pay stagnant, global growth exploding while Canadians value declining the slow death spiral. Homes being an asset same as resources have seen their value go up because of this as well as goreign investment and so many investment corps domestically that no longer have factories or big private interests to invest in so they too invested in real estate which drove the home prices up higher. Every cent of these over priced homes is directly tied to extremely poor management from the Liberal and NDP morons. Meanwhile imagine a Canada where instead of Trudeau SR punching down with all his might on Canadian oil and other resources how we could be today as the world leader in oil, and LNG exports? Can you even imagine what we could be? The AVRO arrow would be but one of a multitude of world dominating Canadian designed and manufactured machinery. Why? Because we would have built the economic might we should be and home prices would be the last thing on anyones mind here. This is the short version, but it is fact, not opinion. Liberals do not want a prosperous Canada. Stop voting for these crooks Now about that Brookfield assets. Where exactly is Carney spending all this new defense money? Is Brookfield assets not an AMERICAN company now? Eby using government money to buy Chinese boats? You see where this is going? Now about those home prices and quality of life for our kids?

The problem isn't the passion, its the economy plain and simple. We have been duped into a mortgage poor slave nation because of Liberal and lefty nonsense. Canada has resources and little else. Instead of electing governments that work to supporting businesses that want to bring these resources to market we have elected Liberal goon squad after goon squad who bury us in debt instead of enabling us to make money. So we get what we have today which is generations of financial losers coming up the ranks. Our own children To think that so many parents of these children who are getting the short end of it AGAIN voted Liberal and voted for more of this debt nonsense with Carney. Stop being so blind Liberals have it wrong. There is no need for any of this

One tow on slushy roads in an open trailer or hanging out of the back of a short box truck can cause this. if it was towed in the open the aluminum will show signs of dulling and possible white spots coming up. It will just look older than it is all over. Also sometimes parts are not painted quite perfectly either which can cause this if it is only the one spring? Wouldn't bother me any

I always wanted to make the run from Cochrane to Moossonee. I tried a few times to line it up but for one reason or another it never came together. I wouldn't risk it now Im too old to want that kind of pain or potential trouble.

How about a top level engine platform sled with no gauges or instrument cluster at all. No shocks either. Just the fabricated components and bodywork at a low low price. No warranty either. Then we all outfit as we like with whatever shocks or gauges and GPS tech we like. If the engine is fuel injected only the engine controller is provided and tuning software baked into the sale price too. More like buying a race car chassis combo where this is common place I'm digging it

Good grief I just went on the site its all broken chunks in so many places. As for Huntsville I dont go there too often why is that area not up for sleds?

frig the EPA. Sleds do not register on the global pollution scale. A tiny incalculable blip. They killed OMC too back in the day. frig those guys literally they can eat a giant bag of dicks. Hope Trump fires em all

What i find odd and surprising is the manufacturers stubborn approach and lack of market innovations. I mentioned the boat market being down as well which it is but look at what these guys are making? I mean a 600hp outboard sure sounds awesome but what size boat does it need to hang on and at what price? How about the fuel consumption I thought the shift to four stroke was some green crap? Boat, motor, trailer for anything thrilling in todays market is well north of a couple hundred grand. A thundercat turbo starting price at 28k? And you wonder why cat is struggling in a down economy? What Im saying about market innovations is sort of what ski-doo offered with the MXZ sport. A simple, paired down, low tech ditch banger or powder version that was say in the sub $10k range would generate a lot of excitement. Some sled/s that really perform not some turd or lookalike wannabe with 60hp 🙄 a real machine. Set that up with some pre canned financing system that was within reach for most. Another huge factor with sleds that annoys the crap out of me is insurance. Its a total scam for what it is imo. Way too high a rate based on a few issues that over generate media attention it seems is what this is cause by. Its high time for a hagerty type insurance system for sleds that was affordable and super cheap for those of us who dont drink or have tickets etc. That too would motivate people to buy machines. Then there is the trail pass which I see both sides of I get it. I spent many hours cutting trails back when i could for the fun of it. Nowadays with all the cost of living issues? Its awful hard to say to the OFSC that it should be 100% volunteer again. Its simply too hard to give up that much time without compensation. But, the insurance the OFSC must be forking out can certainly be improved. Something to get permit prices reasonable enough to bring more into it instead of slowly forcing us old timers out. Just a few thoughts, theres probably many more ways to get the economic factors lined up better for buyers

Inflation sucks. Its the worst kind of tax because its the silent killer of business, and personal wealth. When the government is doing great the people are hurting. The Liberals and Dems have a lot to answer for. Its not just sleds, the boat market which has a greatly expanded season nowadays is also flagging major signs of weakness due to inflation. It aint the weather, its the monetary policy thats killing us all. Problem is the solve is long, and painful. Ufff why oh why didnt enough people pay attention to all the warnings about Trudeau in 2014? We need a complete about face on all this Liberal/NPD nonsense

Markham fairgrounds shows were the best! Them were the days eh? So much excitement in the air. Whos going to bring the biggest engines out this year? LOL that carried the dream for at least 20years

I have a childhood friend, grew up middle class and worked in the trade til he retired early, no wife, no kids. He bought a condo in the 90's. Sold it to bail out his brother when he lost his business in the financial collapse ( brother has kids and is older ) this friend of mine is now flat broke and proud, and living in a shipping container. I dont know where yet, because I would stuff him in the basement but wow. Tough times for some indeed Funny how all those fresh Canadians are so well funded and housed though eh?

I liked it. We had a great time and the general attitude seemed really plussed. I could feel the sadness at the Yamaha booth though, no one seems to want them to go away. I wanted to check the catalyst out more but couldnt get near it. Anyone else feel like the ski-doo booth was a little lack luster this year? That dang side by side with the 4' tall tires on it looked insane. All I could think about was what it would feel like to be tooling down the trail on the ol four wheeler and seeing that thing coming at ya wide open. Unreal

TV? What tv? An antenna which most of us got CBC fuzzy and maybe a couple others. No VHS, DVD, video game stuff, no satellites and of course no internet. So it was radio, again CBC everywhere most other places lucky to have a rock channel within range. The culture was all white european peoples, at least 50% british origins in most areas. The culture was amalgamated mostly through music tastes and everyone had a passion for the outdoors it seems. Life was a lot more outdoors back then. Snowmobiles were the literal fantasy dream of freedom for so many when it came to the harsh reality of snow. Not only did sleds give us the ability to get outdoors and move across snow as easy as land they were and are so much dang fun it simply exploded in popularity. Everyone I grew up with had a sled in their home. Only the weirdos didn't and if they had kids their kids sure wanted one. Then as mentioned the 80's arrived and so many winds of change along with them. In my memory the 70's winters were arctic level and the 80's were pretty mild for the most part. Plenty of these changes put a real dent in all things snowmobile related especially the high breakdown/maintenance costs. Then all the licensing/insurance /trail passes/ policing/machine costs rising fighting a losing battle against the safe, cheap lazy entertainment trends beginning with VHS players and video games arriving in a big way. The thrill and dominance of the snowmobile as the penultimate winter toy faded for many wimps. For the die hards? Things were really just getting going. Into the late 80's and into the 90's when the machines, the trail networks, along with some epic winters and good economic times the whole thing really soared again. 92-99 or so would be my guess as peak snowmobile. The best of the sled times really although many things have improved since then especially the sleds themselves have come so far. The innovation in sleds outpaces all other motorized sports its amazing. I do pine for the good ol days too, especially how Canadian we all were. That culture, the hoser influenced period was just incredible. No crime, no hassle, bravery abundant to levels of almost insanity, laughter all the time literally all the time, always a helping hand around or to offer and for some reason we all had plenty of time to spare and eveyone owned their homes! Bring that back please

Ice fishing size wood stove works good too. Fast, radiant heat

Great spot. Larry was always a great help in my racing days. Bought sleds there, all good