We still pay for our kid to ride. She simply cannot afford to save for a house and spend on sleds too. You are correct, kids today are hooped.

Another calm before the storm. 20+ cms coming tonight, another 20 on Saturday. The winter that never ends. Rode to Hawk Junction for lunch with the 9 year old grand daughter today. Trail was great, taking the magpie back. Ski

Wouldn't the softer seat be more comfortable - in theory at least? and why wouldn't anyone want a nice soft seat? Just curious

You have the wide comfort seat on the 900T......the newer one is still on the soft side, but noy as soft on the previous version. Both are too soft for me, the 850 seat is perfect, but the idea of being able to have it a bit higher would be nice. 

I hear that. My daughter enjoys riding - but riding someone else' sled - she won't be buying a sled anytime soon - she'll come out of school - be career focused and let's face it - be saving money for a home - whatever that will look like by then.....   My son, is a total gear head - he will buy something and be in it - but he'll also need to be balancing saving money to not be living with me for eternity.    These kids face an extremely harsh "real" world - that we never faced. Yes, we all had to save, sacrifice, but not like today - sorry, but that's how it is.   Anyway, enough of the doom:   Had a great just shy of 1000 mile season - wish I could have done more - but time did not allow it - grateful for what I did get and grateful my 2012 Cat worked when I needed it to