Don't be scared of the Arctic Cat. I bought 2 new in 2007 (650H1's) from a dealer that sold Polaris, Honda and AC. My son and the son of the owner of this dealership are best friends so we were able to try all extensively.
The Arctic Cat ride beat all the others by a long shot and the price was "substantially" less and IMHO they were the best value.
Outside of routine maintenance, I have done nothing to these machines other than 1 CV boot that was torn by me on a very brushy trail ($28 for the boot as they are the same as a Chevy Geo).
I beat one of the machines quite hard plowing snow, otherwise we normally just ride old logging roads. I believe dependability has a lot to do with how the machines are taken care of.
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