scottyr

Nice to see someone enjoyed it. I am shocked and kind of bummed out how quickly the snow is leaving/left around Mitchell. We had a good 2 ft on the ground a few days ago and there is grass poking thru tonight.

There was a story with that sled. I asked the guy if it had any previous damage and if he would send me the vin. Kept giving me bullsh-t excuses why he wouldnt/couldnt send me the vin.

What are you looking at ?

There was an internal memo sent throughout Yamaha on Wed acknowledging Cats issues. It basically said that Textron will be putting Cat up for sale and they are hoping to work with the new owner in supporting Cat based Yamaha sleds.

Cat did pull out of snow cross. They didnt even build their 2025 SnoX race sleds. The XC guys run production units and already have their machines.

I wrecked a set of skis in a day riding that rail bed on my brand new 99 SRX. Hard pass for this guy.

In conversation with my dealer last night, he is saying that the snow on the ground hasnt done much to pick up sales. We both agree that this mess will not be sorted out until MY27 at the earliest.

I will save my skis for when there is less gravel showing.

They had all that money spent in 30 days or less. My BRP dealer sold 8-10 SXS to people on The Rez when those cheques hit the mail box.

And the sad part is that they arent selling quickly, if at all.

Thats what I have been saying as well. BRP cut a bunch of workers and slashed production. No one thinks they are going broke? The only difference is that Cat is basically shuttering all production until sometime Q1. Cats PR dept should be fired immediately for putting out that Press Release worded the way it was.

Can someone mark on the map where this new problem is? We are tentatively going to Gaspe in Feb and if we cant ride a lot of the good stuff I would rather go somewhere else.

The market is crap. That being said, I just sold my 23 Backcountry 850 XRS in 2 days of posting it. It was priced very aggressively IMO ($13995) but it was a 9/10 sled. Sleds are only dropping in value right now. My dealer has allotted $100K to unload used sleds in stock at a loss. Honestly, I dont even think if we got 2 feet of snow on the ground next week it would change a lot. Money is just really tight out there and a powersports vehicle is a discretionary purchase for 90% of the people out there. No one needs a sled or an atv.

I got my Quebec permit and my $35 insurance refund cheque at the same time a few days ago. Not even sure why I ordered an Ontario Permit with this weather. LOL.

Used sleds are still in a free fall from the looks of things. They certainly arent ticking up in value as November approaches.