cam88
Senior Member
Has anyone had good luck trading in an ATV? I might be looking into trading my 2015 in next year for a new and bigger model..
If you trade it in you are giving it away.
Has anyone had good luck trading in an ATV? I might be looking into trading my 2015 in next year for a new and bigger model..
Part of the problem it seems is a lot of people bought their atv brand new at the dealer, financed it, and now they've had it one, two , or three years and decided they can't afford it, or they never use it anymore, etc, and they are trying to sell it for what they owe on it, which is more than its worth on the open market, that's why you see so many that are priced too high.
Pretty much have to go back to ones at least 10yrs old to avoid them being overpriced, which is fine with me, most of them since the mid 2000's have too much electronics on them for me, too much to go wrong and malfunction, I don't like the cvt automatic units, and that seems to be the way they are all going, they rev too high for the speed they go, you can't just choose 2nd or 3rd and low rpm putt around through the woods, and the electronic shift and selectable 4wd's will give trouble at some point, unless you baby them and never use them off road.
Part of the problem it seems is a lot of people bought their atv brand new at the dealer, financed it, and now they've had it one, two , or three years and decided they can't afford it, or they never use it anymore, etc, and they are trying to sell it for what they owe on it, which is more than its worth on the open market, that's why you see so many that are priced too high.
Pretty much have to go back to ones at least 10yrs old to avoid them being overpriced, which is fine with me, most of them since the mid 2000's have too much electronics on them for me, too much to go wrong and malfunction, I don't like the cvt automatic units, and that seems to be the way they are all going, they rev too high for the speed they go, you can't just choose 2nd or 3rd and low rpm putt around through the woods, and the electronic shift and selectable 4wd's will give trouble at some point, unless you baby them and never use them off road.
People are asking $6-$8 grand for a 10 year old ranger. You can buy a 10 year old Honda Accord for half that. I bought a '96 dodge 4 wheel drive last year for $2000 because it had a bad oil leak. Turned out to be an oil sending unit. That may be my ATV until I can afford to pay cash for a new machine
Iron dad rob says you can get more than new on a 20 year old atv