They are probably thinking i don't need another one and they are right. It was either snowmobile or retire when i get older. I'm thinking you know which way I went.
I wonder if BRP will come out with more incentives for snow checks
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ordered my turbo freeride today before my dealer went on lockdown. also ordered a renegade xrs to rip on around home here a couple weeks ago.
I'm in the market for a new sled. Doo should have gave the discount to everyone. No discount for me and I've bought 2 summits, a seadoo, and a defender in the last 5 years. I'm between a turbo from doo or a 165 Khaos from Polaris. After shopping around the Khaos out the door price is $4,500 Cd cheaper, has 4 year warranty, $1000 golden ticket from Polaris, bit better chassis for the terrain I ride, and is a 50 lbs lighter sled (Doo did some tricky marketing at first with the 2020.5 but it adds more weight then you think). I've demoed the turbo and it runs unreal, I would be happy to own one but the benefits of the turbo don't out way all the differences I listed vs the Khaos.
Check with your dealer and or customer service, email is linked and not all dealers like giving a manufacture their email so all your purchases might not even be linked, also you are wrong at the 50 pounds, seems the weight difference gets bigger every year, not sure how. Price sleds equally, compare NA to NA and Turbo to Turbo, and above all buy what you feel is right for you, having fun is all that matters.
50 pounds? I look at it like this:
2021 Summit Expert Turbo = 468 pounds
2021 Khaos 165 = 420
That's 48 pounds. But wait.
First, you're comparing a Turbo to a non-turbo sled. Get the NA Doo 165 and it weighs 446, a 26 pound difference.
Next, the Polaris has an 11.5 gas tank versus the Doo's 9.5 = the Polaris will be 12 pounds heavier wet.
Last, the Doo has SHOT. Put electric start on the Polaris and it's another 20 pounds.
So, compare a Doo Turbo with gas vs. Poo Khaos w gas and electric start:
468 vs. 452 = Doo is 16 pounds heavier for a TURBO
Compare a NA Doo with gas to a Poo Khaos w gas and electric start:
446 vs. 452 = Doo is 6 pounds lighter.
Look at my previous post of what ive bought and I've never got one. Ive got emails and accessories catalogs every year so they know. I'm not going to dwell on it because I'm not getting one but it does piss you off when you bought 13 sleds over the years. 5 were gen 4s.
Maybe Norona could tell us how skidoo determined that some customers should be favored over others. I've spent over $50k since 2015 on new skidoos, including a 2020 and I didn't get one. I called my dealer and they confirmed I'm not on the list. Promotions can be a good thing, but a promotion that actually drives a for sure customer to a competitor seems poorly thought out.
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I thought he explained it in his last post. Check with your dealer or customer service.
Always different ways of looking at the numbers. My comparison is of the 2 sleds I'm interested in a doo turbo and a Khaos (I would never put electric start on it) not hypothetical build scenarios, leaving me at a 48 lbs dry weight difference. I'm not interested in a NA 850 as I currently own a 2018 165 850. I'm replacing my 2019 Alpha as it has been less than reliable for me but a really fun sled. I've owned all 3 brand over the last 3 seasons and feel a Khaos will be a fun ride for 2021, I give all brands a chance. It's great doo is offering a $500 discount but a bad move in my books that it is not extended to all potential snow check buyers.
He explained how to check if you are on the list. I asked how skidoo chose the list.
Unfortunate that SKI DOO owners feel betrayed by ski doo and just want a discount offered to others. Poor marketing for sure. Under the current situation preorders are probably not too high. My dealer said his are way down, too bad, maybe I Don’t need a new sled anyway. I’m not in the club I guess. Figure a customer on a 5 year old sled would be enticed to snow check, guess not. Norona is a great ambassador too bad someone dropped the ball. If there was another comparable option in quality it Would be nice, but there isn’t. Polaris sucks and Cats are cheap junk.
I bought the first X3 my dealer had, come to find out if I would have done the test drive i could have got a 1000 voucher Towards the purchase. I got the shaft then too. I asked after about it, so sorry! It stuck with me , Been 4 years about since I got the X3. Great machine, company not so much.
I bought the first X3 my dealer had, come to find out if I would have done the test drive i could have got a 1000 voucher Towards the purchase. I got the shaft then too. I asked after about it, so sorry! It stuck with me , Been 4 years about since I got the X3. Great machine, company not so much.
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I've got a friend who's checked a turbo. He didn't get a check, he's going to the dealer Monday and backing out. He's was pretty worked up when I talked to him.
Doing a promotion like this that doesn’t include everyone probably does more harm than no promotion at all. Dumbest I have ever seen. Seems to be no rhyme or reason to who gets $500.
What would make sense is to reward loyalty. $500 if you have bought one new Doo sled the past 10 years. $750 if you've bought 2 new Doos in the past 10 years. And $1000 if you've bought 3 or more new Doos.
Yeah I told my dealer I was wavering on my check, mostly because of the future uncertainty, but the lack of "winning the diamond whatever"also kind of rubbed me wrong. My salesman said he'd try to get me a code, I told him three days ago, good luck with that. Haven't heard from him since.
