It’s a better deal than most on the Web site in my area so I thought I’d take a look.
Contact the guy and plan to meet at his place, I head out there (15 min drive) and when I pull up his son is riding a 550 xp and it looks terrible, headlights are falling off etc. So right away I’m like yikes, is that the quad I’m here to see?
Turns out this guy has 4 polaris atvs, and two of the 55p xps.
The one I went to look at is in better condition with a glance, but he’s messing with the battery, turns out the he hasn’t ran it in like 6 weeks and the screw is missing from off the one terminal, he eventually finds a screw and starts trying to boost it. So I’m like whatever I’m here I can wait a couple minutes. I start walking around the atv and I was shocked.
The rear handle is bent, the muffler is so rusted it’s peeling off every where, the seat just sits there because the pins are broken right off, the dipstick was broken off so you couldn’t check the oil, I looked into the oil fill hole and could only see a very small amount of oil in it, took the air filter off and oil pretty much poured out, the filter was so saturated and it was full of grass seeds, the whole front rack was missing(he said "it’s probably around here somewhere), the harnesses to the headlights were broken on the wires, and the plugs were hanging off the tape, brakes were in need of replacing and rusted, and all the plastic was out of alinement and not connected with the push pins.
And that’s not all there was two tires right flat and they were worn right to nothing. The winch was there but looked broken too, the handlebars had warmers but the rubber was taped on.
I eventually had to go and he never did get it started.
When I asked him about the oil in the air box he said he doesn’t have any idea is his kids quad. Kids like 13.
When I got home I started going through everything that I could see that was broken or in need of repair and made a list so I could tell him my reasons if we ever contacted again.
I came out to around $3500 US (I’m I’m Canada)
Sent he text me the next day and said he got it started and it runs good.
And here is out texts back and forth…
Tell me what you think!
Him: Took quad for a ride,runs great.
Me: Hey, thanks for the update. To be just honest with you I would have a tough time offering you $500 for that quad. The condition it’s in I would have to put a lot of $$ into it. It’s been ridden very hard. Also the oil is very low, as well as the air box and filter are absolutely full of oil. No way I can give you anything close to your asking price. Sorry just being honest.
Just by looking at it yesterday and not even looking that hard I can tell I would need to replace: brakes, muffler, tires, headlights, headlights wiring harness, front rack, Etc Etc. Also with the oil that low I can’t be sure how long the Motor will even last.
Also that muffler is peeling so bad from rust and that tells me it’s been in water for a long time. Not to mention bearings, seals and gaskets.
I would have to sink about $3500 into it before I would consider taking it out riding with my buddies. Once you calculate all the parts that need to be repaired or replaced.
So I will make you an offer of $500.
Him: To be honest with YOU,,,,you can Go f–k yourself!your lookin for a unicorn,,go buy a new quad ya f–kin douch.have a nice day
Me: Woah, did I talk like that to you? You or your kids have ridden those quads to nothing. You expect more? Take that to the polaris dealer get everything fixed and maybe you will get $3999 for it. You can’t expect to ride stuff that hard and get that much for it. BTW if you want to sell something, make sure the tires are pumped up and it runs
Him: Are you f–kin kidding me???take it to a dealer and get everthing fixed then its worth 3995.00?!!
It runs excellant you f–kin dummy,that alone is worth 4times what your offer is,,,your clearly lookin for somthing for nothing,and are mentally retarded,you cleary dont have a set either making insults over the phone,a real man wouldve insulted me in person.go find another sucker,hes not here!
Me: Whatever. Hope you sell it. Quit freaking out
Do you think someone should pay more than $500
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