Our open house event this year will be on Saturday December 8th. We'll be serving our famous deep fried turkey among many other goodies! Weather providing we'll have a new 850 Assault to demo ride along with the Yamaha Sidewinder. We'll also have a 270 kit available to ride as long as it doesn't sell between now and then. Discounts will be run all day throughout the whole store and we will also have random giveaways. Big Z will hopefully be assisting with demo rides again! Please feel free to email to kip@patsmotorsports.com or call 906-883-3536. Thanks for all of your support! Timbersled demo will be here as well!!!
Pat's 2018 Open House Event!
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snobuilder
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No need for another cat dealer....they can't give them away....super deals are everywhere.....just as bad as Polaris!!!...LOL.
Got to wonder if they (cat, Poo) will follow the Yamaha lead and cut way back on production. Polaris did limit it's 850 supply to snowcheckers alone.
Hope to see you at the open house some time!!!Agreed, if you want a Cat go to T/A Motorsports they have new 2013's, 2014's, 2015's, 2016's, 2017's, 2018's and 2019's.
It's like a freekin museum in there.
Unfortunately, Cat is not providing enough Marketing support to their hard working Dealers with any reasonable rebates. If they did, these sleds would have been long gone! Heck, the price for a 2013 is not even that good compared to the 18 Polaris's at Ken's.
Bear
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Sounds like a dealer issue to me. Most of the Cat dealers around my area have very little or no hold over inventory, and haven't for years. I could talk about the other brands inventory levels too, but that is getting into the glass is half empty outlook.........Life is too short for wasting time on this kind of stuff.
Pretty sure these leftovers came from the Corporate Cat auction that had sleds repoed from Dealers that either could not sell them, pay for them or went out of business.
Either way, sad.
Bear
Right on fuji, many AC dealers gone. I hate to see how many left the business in the last five years. Yami dealers also becoming extinct. Not good!!!
snobuilder
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I didn't read your comment as a rip on any dealer....Cat or any others. We need the dealership network to stay in place!
Definitely not actual year after year leftovers. Just like Ken's Polaris stock. If you watch their inventory it is always changing. Was told this when picking up my sled as well...."new stuff coming in all the time."
In these cases it is seems to be the dealers choice to buy in.
If the trend continues I hope to see my next new sled sitting on Ken's lawn next fall...LOL...but I have a feeling even Poo will be tightening up on sled production....that is if the "snowcheck only" 850 is any indication.
And after the latest Dyno results I bet the Polaris dealerships wish they had the 850 available to them in stock.
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snobuilder
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The annual cycle of sales is a rocky one each year.
Doo sold most of their stuff in April of 2018 as they mega-rebated. For example, I bought a new 18 Renegade in April for $9,450 plus tax. That same sled today is $10,400 if you can locate one.
Had Doo not rebated last spring, they would have been a little more cash poor all summer.
Bear
snobuilder
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....seems like the perfect UP off trail sled.