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Keep it simple and functional, I said. Done with the dunes and don’t need to mob the desert. Need to find a cruiser to use at the lake and explore some new destinations. After selling a previous Polaris RZR xp4-1k built by TMW off-road I missed getting out in the desert. The thought of another unit stayed with me for a few years before I started watching inventory about a year ago. I began comparing what my pros and cons were going to be between a Polaris General 4 door or a Polaris Ranger Crew. With a heavy payload and a 2500 lb towing capacity the Polaris Ranger Crew seemed to be the most practical and functional for our intended uses.
As we all learned during the pandemic, inventory was no longer in dealer’s vocabulary. The search went on for several months. When a unit that I was looking for would pop up someplace, the dealers had a markup on them and would not budge to offer a deal. At this s point I figured I would just ride this out.
Rewind, the thought process changes. It’s June 2021 (still in pandemic mess) I’m done looking and trying to make a deal happen. So maybe the best thing to do at this point so we have a unit in time for “riding season” is to do the “pre-order” at our local dealer. I make a call, set an appointment, plan to be at the dealer to give deposit and to place an order. My wife is all in and excited this is finally going to get real (tired of all my hype prolly). But anyway, she comes with me to the dealership and falls in love with a Ranger Crew Northstar on the showroom floor. Duh, fully enclosed with a heater and air conditioning, she is all in of course.
No sweetheart, that’s not what we are ordering. I had planned on ordering something else but I still would need to add a roof, windshield and doors. We started running the numbers and decided to jump in. Before I knew it, we had ordered a fully loaded Polaris Ranger Crew XP1000 “Northstar Ultimate”
Just like that! At the time our order was made in June an estimated delivery date was August.
I now had lots of time to get parts. I tried having everything bought before the unit arrived. August came and we were being led to think possibly delivering now in December or even January. A bit of a set back but it is what it is. Just be patient.
I started getting emails from Polaris that allowed me to create an account and follow the build process. The Titanium color I had selected was new for 2022, this gave us the first glimpse of how it might look. Without seeing any other ‘22 models yet, I was a bit nervous about how the accent colors were going to look.
Here it is showing a ship date after build being completed.
And then this picture gets texted to me from the dealership surprising me that it has arrived a few days before expected.
Time to get busy! Just in time for Christmas
As we all learned during the pandemic, inventory was no longer in dealer’s vocabulary. The search went on for several months. When a unit that I was looking for would pop up someplace, the dealers had a markup on them and would not budge to offer a deal. At this s point I figured I would just ride this out.
Rewind, the thought process changes. It’s June 2021 (still in pandemic mess) I’m done looking and trying to make a deal happen. So maybe the best thing to do at this point so we have a unit in time for “riding season” is to do the “pre-order” at our local dealer. I make a call, set an appointment, plan to be at the dealer to give deposit and to place an order. My wife is all in and excited this is finally going to get real (tired of all my hype prolly). But anyway, she comes with me to the dealership and falls in love with a Ranger Crew Northstar on the showroom floor. Duh, fully enclosed with a heater and air conditioning, she is all in of course.
No sweetheart, that’s not what we are ordering. I had planned on ordering something else but I still would need to add a roof, windshield and doors. We started running the numbers and decided to jump in. Before I knew it, we had ordered a fully loaded Polaris Ranger Crew XP1000 “Northstar Ultimate”
Just like that! At the time our order was made in June an estimated delivery date was August.I now had lots of time to get parts. I tried having everything bought before the unit arrived. August came and we were being led to think possibly delivering now in December or even January. A bit of a set back but it is what it is. Just be patient.
I started getting emails from Polaris that allowed me to create an account and follow the build process. The Titanium color I had selected was new for 2022, this gave us the first glimpse of how it might look. Without seeing any other ‘22 models yet, I was a bit nervous about how the accent colors were going to look.
Here it is showing a ship date after build being completed.
And then this picture gets texted to me from the dealership surprising me that it has arrived a few days before expected.
Time to get busy! Just in time for Christmas
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