definately sounds like a electrical short to me because of all the electrical things going wrong with your sled. I know you tested some stuff with your multi-meter but i think maybe you have just not found it yet?
I would say GM. ya it doesn't have as fancy of interiors as ford /dodge but you just can't beat the duramax/allision combination for a drivetrain. But really how many of us are driving the same brand that our parents drive right. I know 95% of ur neighbors drive the same thing that their parents...
snow pulse because when it is deployed it is built to help hold "c-spine" and it only cost like $20 dollars or something to get it refilled at the dealer you got it from.
actually the same group of guys got caught in the park (they were lost and in there on accident) and everyone had a modded out sled and the park wardens didn't care about any of that they were way more concerned about how many baby trees everyone had run over. all the adults ended up with $550...