Category Archives: ATV Purchasing and Price

Dealer screwed up… bad

Yesterday I went in and purchased a brand new 2015 Polaris Sportsman 1000 Limited. They had to do a little bit of searching to find it, but got it in within a couple days. I was pretty stoked. Got it home, upgraded the GPS software, then started tinkering around with the electronics. Suddenly I notice this quad has 5 miles on it. 5 miles is a TON, for something that supposedly just came out of the crate. More searching reveals that there are 37.7 engine hours on it. HOLY CRAP. Suddenly, my heart sinks. I buy new machines so I can break them in, and make sure they will last me forever. Now I’ve got this thing that has near 40 hours of engine time, and only 5 miles. It means that someone probably let it sit and idle for a whole day and completely forgot about it or something. It was uncrated back in April, according to the assembly sheet. And it really was filthy, like it had been sitting outside in the rain a lot. My 2 year old Sportsman 550 only has 29 hours on it. Ridiculous. Bought my 550 from them, and it was exactly what I expected. Brand new, out of the crate. Had like 0.4 miles on it and .2 hour.

I plan on calling the dealer today, and I thought all night about what my demands would be. I’m going to ask for the following, but I wanted to get input from others to see what they think about my demands, and if I should ask for something else.

-Extend the warranty on the quad to 5 years, at no cost to me.
-Add an additional full maintenance to the first 2 I pre-purchased, since the first maintenance is already gone.
-At first maintenance, do a full compression test and provide me with the results
-Pay for any deductibles or other costs related to having to replace the engine, regardless of whether or not it’s under warranty.

or

-Find me a new machine, and replace this one

I have no problem sicing my attorney on them, but I hope they will do the right thing without having to resort to any sort of legal action against them.

So, what do you think?

400ex VS TRX450R

I have a little problem. I’m torn between a trx450r and a 400ex. I’ve heard great things about both, hence the reason why I’m torn. I’ll use the atv for flying around retention ponds and fields, loose trails and every once and a while, badlands. I also like messing around with wheelies and racing my buddies on their 660 Raptors. I will change the oil regularly on the bike, however I don’t want to do any big maintenance. Which bike should I choose? I can link to the trx that I’m currently looking at if necessary.