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Is that Jens old sled? I am not in a huge panic but I am definitely keeping my eyes open for a nice 600X or something comparable for $10K. All my buddies are getting rid of their sleds and I would have ridden more this winter if my dad would have come with me. My mom wont let him buy another sled but he is always up for rip somewhere.

I am keeping my eyes open for a nice 21-23 Skidoo 600 just to have as 2nd sled.

My buddy just bought a really nice 22 Renegade 850 XRS with 4000kms for $10500 privately. I saw the sled - its really nice. I wish I bought it.

Is it still open? I assumed that most ski hills closed down already? It will have snow on it until May and often small patches are still visible into early June.

You guys can all thank me for this snow. If this car stayed in storage it would be +15c and sunny.

Agreed. My sled is washed, polished, fogged and in my trailer for the summer. It will take more than 154kms of yellow trails for me to drive 10hrs north at this point. I am in dirt bike mode at this point as well.

Where are you? We have a water access cottage in Port Severn and according to our neighbour, the lake is wide open as well. Unfortunately the township has cement blocks across the public launches. We still wont go up for at least a month though.

Are you that guy who drives around on black rusty steel rims all year? I cant believe how much nicer (and quieter) my F150 is with the original tires back on. I dont think I am even going to bother putting them on next year.

Snows are off all of our cars as of today. Sled is washed, fogged and in trailer. Summer toy car out of storage and in my driveway. I am officially over winter.

I saw new 2023 Indy 850s for $13995 + freight at the dealer in Timmins a few weeks ago. Why buy a used sled when you can get brand new for that price?

Nope. The “rebate budget” gets moved to ATVs and SXS. The sled business gets put on the back burner by all OEMs over the summer. Truthfully, no one is buying anything at any price today.

The big rebates will be over at the end of March and will re-start again in Sept/Oct according to my BRP Dealer.

Unless you are taking delivery/paying in full for the machine, they want you to order the 25.

Thats all it is worth IMO. G4s are starting to become less desirable now that the G5 has been out for 2 seasons. From today onwards, you need to buy something based on the machine being another year older as you wont be able to use it until next season anyhow. 2022 Backcountry 850 XRS were selling for $14900 back in Nov . That 23 is only worth that next fall. I wouldnt bother tying up the money today unless I was buying something like that for $13K max.

I truly believe that Cochrane will open up again before the end of March.

Cochrane / PBR just announced they are closing effective 5pm today. FFS.

My buddies still want to go to Quebec this weekend. I suggested we still go somewhere on a guys weekend but leave the sleds at home.

Timmins and Kap just went red. 🥲

I think we are all going to be pretty bummed out with the amount of red on the ITG on Monday. I got my summer toy out of storage on the weekend and have pretty much put sledding behind me for the season.

So did you buy it ??

But you won’t. 😂😂

I saw that ad last week. Great deal but if its not sold, I think that tells you that machines are just not selling regardless of price.

Tour companies. Its a HUGE business in Quebec. They buy thousands of new machines every year. Contant Group will sell over 1000 machines every year to tour companies. The dealer in St Michel has 2-3 customized 52 ft trailers to deliver units to the outfitters.

My BRP guy told me that Contant Group had a fleet customer back out on 400+ units in the fall and BRP was trying to help them move them to other dealers. Luckily, the owners of that group are Bombardier Family members so money shouldnt be a big issue. There are plenty of dealers in Ontario with 75+ units still in stock. BRP will have no choice but to extend the flooring on 24s until Dec 31.

If it’s been fogged properly with stabilizer in the gas, leave it as is and do not start it.