Doo2015
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Looks like the 2018 cats are rolling in. Any news on the doos?
2018s ship yet? Let's see delivered sleds....
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06yamahaapex
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Received my 2018 sidewinder already
deaner
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Thats crazy. Why would anyone want their snowcheck this early?
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Doo2015
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To stare at it and start modding.
iceman5689
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Try again in Oct/Nov
Dmf
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Skidoo usually doesn't have them until the fall. Although the 2016's came in august I believe
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Doo2015
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Got my 2015 in August also.
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BRP hasn't shipped until October/November for quite a few years now. I'm not expecting mine until November this year.
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New gearing and clutching specs are better.
deaner
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Where did you find that Matt?
rightsideup
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did you not get a new one last year?
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ferniesnow
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I have found that it is very difficult to get a decent price for high mileage sleds. The eTec is pretty much guaranteed to perform quite well for 10,000+ but people aren't believing it. They are still in that 5000 km mode for a top end. My eyes were sort of opened with our 2014 XMX (7000+ km) and definitely opened with the 2015 T3. Both sleds took too long to sell and the discounted price was way too low. So with the 2017 G4, I decided one year's worth of km was enough. Even then, the discounted price was not what it used to be like for 1 year old sleds.
The guys that have around 300 km and sell every year are getting decent prices for but put a lot of km on that baby and see how much discount is necessary to sell the sled. With huge OEM discounts/rebates on new left-overs, great warranty, and easy financing, why would someone want a high mileage used sled with only 2 years warranty. Used sleds is a tough market these days and very different from say even 5 years ago.
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so true
Caper11
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Ask your dealer to search the Community Forums for 850 ETEC. The 2018s are getting some of the same changes the aftermarket had offered for the 2017. I seriously doubt the clutching and gearing will be perfect for everyone. Production setups are a compromise. At 20 feet per second for a 2000 foot climb must take one heck of a clutch setup to keep it at ~130F.
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snopro
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I saw a video yesterday posted on the SkiDoo facebook page that they are building G4's already. Unfortunately it looked like MXz's. Go figure.
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They gotta come sooner or later and the western crowd is on the snow at least a month before the flatlanders usually. If they haven't got their chit together for the Summits I will be taking a holiday in southern Siberia for the winter months where there is no internet or snowmobile magazines to be seen.
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