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I tried to buy a Kubota RTV 1100C and was told that it would "about a year" to get it, which I interpreted was a TBS story. So then I started looking for a Can Am Defender, to which I was told up front was backlogged due to parts uncertainty and a fire in Mexico at one of the factories. Really, a Canadian company assembling product in Mexico to be sold in the US?
I determined that the only way to get what I wanted was to look for new existing dealer stock. I lucked out and found a new Polaris Ranger 2021 model (this was in late August) that a dealer in Merced bought from another dealer in the mid-West. The total crazy part now is that the global parts chain is still f-ed up, and now the same machine that I bought just under 6 months ago can be sold for almost $10K more now. If I was an equipment dealer, I'd be trying to find an angle to buy and sell rich man toys (boats, exotic cars, and UTVs) at a profit. I find that engine hours of up to a few hundred hours does not make a difference. And no way in Hell am I going to sell my buggy, even for that much $$.
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