ABMax24
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Most people do not have a $20,000 budget for a used sled but I think the amount of people who would take $15,000 for a 2000km sled so they can buy a new one for $27000 is even a smaller crowd. There were wayyyy too many people snow checking sleds last year under the assumption that it would cost them $3000 difference because they knew a guy who knew a guy who sold his one year old sled in a day for more money than he paid or w/e. People will not be doing that next year.
I think your right, at least partly, there will be a lot of people unwilling to sell a sled for such a loss, so they'll keep and not snowcheck a new one.
This kinda happened in 2015-16 when the economy slowed down and dealers had a glut of inventory. What did OEMs do? Slashed prices, offered huge rebates, got rid of their inventory. All of which deflated the used market.