Originally Posted By: Zep
Originally Posted By: snrub
Go to dealers and ride some.

Oh I did that...but driving around in a dealer parking lot and on the dealer's lawn didn't tell me much....but it did seem like a better ride than the golf cart when I jumped a curb with it just to see how it would feel.

Just today I found one on Craigslist and the guy lives on the edge of some woods....so I hope to go see his and give it a real test drive.

Thanks for all the great feedback snrub!


If you buy an older one be sure to inspect the plastic air cleaner box. Our first one was first year production and after several years the plastic air box that holds the air filter warped. That is the only thing we have replaced on it (other than routine filters and oil and tires) that I recall. Fortunately we caught it before it did any damage by letting dirt into the engine but the mechanic at the dealer said he had heard of some getting the engines dusted because of it. The new box was updated to fix the problem as were later production years.

As I recall the XP models have a little fancier aluminum wheels with slightly wider tires, little nicer seating and probably a few other gingerbread niceties. Otherwise same basic machines. Both of ours are XP900's

Last edited by snrub; 11/26/18 10:14 PM.
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