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: Buying A Sled


slimy007
11-28-2003, 11:57 PM
I am planning on buying another sled next season (going to start looking in may) and it will most likely be a cat. I am just wondering what I could get for 2000-2500 this summer/fall? I might spend more but I am leaning towards that price. SWRules

phat_cat800
11-29-2003, 09:26 PM
You could probably pick up a desecnt used zr or zl 500 or 600. I see alot of the 98, 99 ones going for around $4000 canadian so with the exchange that would be in your price range. Also to get your best deals would be in the spring or summer. The closer it gets to the snow falling the higher up the prices will go.

Suicide Machine
11-30-2003, 12:31 AM
depends on how much sled you want, You can defenetly up grade from your 370 to a Z440, but as it problably is, you want a little more, see if you cant score a ZR500 such as phat cat stated

puree
11-30-2003, 12:46 AM
how old,,,,you can get into a 2000 zrt for around that, or maybe a 01/02 zr600/500 also. depends on what it is that you want

slimy007
11-30-2003, 01:05 AM
Well I am not really all that picky as long as it has ETT. I kind of had my eye on a z570 or a Zr/Zl 500. I don’t want to go any bigger than 600. I hear the zrt 600’s are reliable sleds is their any truth to this? I suppose I am window-shopping a little early this season hasn’t even started yet. Well for me any way. SWRules

phat_cat800
11-30-2003, 08:45 AM
es there is lots of truth to that. The zrt's are very reliable, both the 600 and 800's. The eariler ZRT 600's had an motor mount problem but the later ones got fixed. My brother just traded in his 2000 ZRT 600 with over 4500 miles on it and the dealer went over it and said there wasn't a single problem with it and sold it a couple weeks later with a warrenty.

puree
11-30-2003, 01:09 PM
the zrt's are very very reliable,,,,,,but I have heard nothing but good about the z570's also. they are lightweight fans that you can have an absolute blast on,,,,,