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MWB said:
Think about it. A Chinese Company can build a bunch of parts and have them shipped to a port, Load them on a ship and sail across the Pacific to Ensenada Mexico have a longshoreman unload them, put them in a truck drive across Mexico into Texas then unload them cheaper than they can have a shop in the US build them.
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But that makes too much sense to do.

 
I still don't see that happening.. Mexico assembly workers work for $15/day and no bathroom breaks (to assemble). Mexico assembly isn't the problem. But assembling these in TX would be $15/hour, OSHA and all the other expenses that again I believe would increase the price to $75k each.

Am I missing something here? 

abc



 
20 minutes ago, ANGRYBUTTCRACK said:

I still don't see that happening.. Mexico assembly workers work for $15/day and no bathroom breaks (to assemble). Mexico assembly isn't the problem. But assembling these in TX would be $15/hour, OSHA and all the other expenses that again I believe would increase the price to $75k each.

Am I missing something here? 

abc

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$2.50/gallon gas sounds good about now.

 
3 hours ago, ANGRYBUTTCRACK said:

I still don't see that happening.. Mexico assembly workers work for $15/day and no bathroom breaks (to assemble). Mexico assembly isn't the problem. But assembling these in TX would be $15/hour, OSHA and all the other expenses that again I believe would increase the price to $75k each.

Am I missing something here? 

abc

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Honda assembles the Talon and other ATVs in South Carolina. You can buy 3 for under $75k. 

 
3 hours ago, ANGRYBUTTCRACK said:

I still don't see that happening.. Mexico assembly workers work for $15/day and no bathroom breaks (to assemble). Mexico assembly isn't the problem. But assembling these in TX would be $15/hour, OSHA and all the other expenses that again I believe would increase the price to $75k each.

Am I missing something here? 

abc

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3 hours ago, ANGRYBUTTCRACK said:

I still don't see that happening.. Mexico assembly workers work for $15/day and no bathroom breaks (to assemble). Mexico assembly isn't the problem. But assembling these in TX would be $15/hour, OSHA and all the other expenses that again I believe would increase the price to $75k each.

Am I missing something here? 

abc

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ANGRYBUTTCRACK said:
I think I remember paying $.79 a gallon in CA as a youngster.. I'm 50 now.
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Ca. gas the first time I filled up was $.55/ gallon, same price as a pack of smokes.  Dad would give me $3.00 for gas and I would have a 1/4 tank that would last me like two days, around the same amount of time the smokes would last.  The old man didn't know I was smoking, he just thought I had a lead foot.

One time trying to get home with a old Toyota truck that was just about out of gas. We found $.26 under the seat to get home.

 
For sure... I can remember driving my 1992 Civic Hatchback to Cal State Fullerton and putting a few bucks of gas in the car and getting a famous star with cheese with what change I had in my ashtray.

Now it's $430 to fill up my 62 gallon (Titan big fuel cell) Dually at $7.09/gallon .. a few weeks back.

abc

 
MWB said:
Ca. gas the first time I filled up was $.55/ gallon, same price as a pack of smokes.  Dad would give me $3.00 for gas and I would have a 1/4 tank that would last me like two days, around the same amount of time the smokes would last.  The old man didn't know I was smoking, he just thought I had a lead foot.

One time trying to get home with an old Toyota truck that was just about out of gas. We found $.26 under the seat to get home.
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That’s when your buddy would give you $5 for gas and you’d honestly thank him (or tell him his money was no good).

These days? Insulting. Lol

 
There are folks on facebook selling spots on a daily now.  Held off as long as they could, it would suck having dropped 5- to 15K on accessories up front and still not have a car.  I bet they are hating them selves for not just leaving a small deposit on the SXS instead.  

 
JBL said:
There are folks on facebook selling spots on a daily now.  Held off as long as they could, it would suck having dropped 5- to 15K on accessories up front and still not have a car.  I bet they are hating them selves for not just leaving a small deposit on the SXS instead.  
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Are they selling for markup or recouping costs.. that’s the ‘tell’??

I truly have been rooting for RG to make Canned Ham and Polaris/Joyner better… so don’t take my ‘hits’ on this potential failure as a hater.,. 
 

I am NOT a fan of Polaris .. but having owned the ‘14 I sold just felt more comfortable with them than Canned Ham.. and that ‘might’ be a better ride.. and just committed to a MFR and ran with it.

I now have 2 that are identical and have over $50k in each.. (didn’t expect that), but I’m OK with it. 
 

Too much body roll but other than that they are decent/capable rigs.

Probably my last true off-road rigs…

abc

 
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JBL said:
There are folks on facebook selling spots on a daily now.  Held off as long as they could, it would suck having dropped 5- to 15K on accessories up front and still not have a car.  I bet they are hating them selves for not just leaving a small deposit on the SXS instead.  
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One buddy of mine is in for $4500, the other like $10,500.

They’re pretty ‘hard core’ off-roaders… 

I think they’re both close to dumping their spots, but neither are hurting for $$

abc

 
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