Ok maybe this isn't actually a flame, but it just happened yesterday and its true. :eek: I have been seriously considering purchasing a cannondale. However, at cannondales website they list no dealer in my area (Vegas). Yesterday I call a dealer in florida for a price on an x440s and he tells me that there is a cannondale dealer in vegas! Its called QUAD CENTRAL. Apparently cannondale is a major force in the quad world. There dealer listings on the website did not show a vegas dealer because I was looking for a motorcycle dealer. So I called Quad Central and they had an x440s on the showroom floor. :) All right, I was going down there! It is out by the speedway, but I work downtown and its not that long of a drive. I arrive at the industrial park at the speedway and find the store. Open the front door and its just a little office with a couple of doors. Not really sure I looked around and on the wall infront of me was a color flyer listing a quad for sale at $34,000 dollars! Yes thats Thirty Four THOUSAND dollars. A person notices I am there and takes me through the door........................;)
OOhhhOOOhhhOOhhhAAAAHhhhhHHHHhh
I am in the nest of the quads.... Surrounded by 50 to 60 quads Some stock, most have outrageous paint jobs that cost more than my motorcycle did. Every square inch is chromed or Gold plated. Everyperson in there thinks quads are gods! Some have price tags like $26000 and up. And in the middle there is my x440s. All by itself, surrounded by 4-wheelers that would make any custom car lover jealous of the amount of chrome, paint and wizbangs. Suddenly $5995 seemed really cheap for a new motorcycle. People looked at me as I saddled up with a "Oh thats how ya get on that thing" look. The sales rep told me that the quads had as much money in the motors as they did in all the custom stuff. I asked so what you do with it. Trailer it to a quad show? I am not slamming, I just don't know. The guy said that people actuall ride em.:eek: It seems to me all the fancy paint and chome would get trashed, but I guess thats there business. Anyway the cannondale looked awesome. However, I have already gotten quotes less that what this guy was asking so I probably won't buy it from him.... Besides...could you imagine me meeting one of ya'll someday in vegas.. "Hey, nice bike where did you get it?":scream:
--marc
OOhhhOOOhhhOOhhhAAAAHhhhhHHHHhh
I am in the nest of the quads.... Surrounded by 50 to 60 quads Some stock, most have outrageous paint jobs that cost more than my motorcycle did. Every square inch is chromed or Gold plated. Everyperson in there thinks quads are gods! Some have price tags like $26000 and up. And in the middle there is my x440s. All by itself, surrounded by 4-wheelers that would make any custom car lover jealous of the amount of chrome, paint and wizbangs. Suddenly $5995 seemed really cheap for a new motorcycle. People looked at me as I saddled up with a "Oh thats how ya get on that thing" look. The sales rep told me that the quads had as much money in the motors as they did in all the custom stuff. I asked so what you do with it. Trailer it to a quad show? I am not slamming, I just don't know. The guy said that people actuall ride em.:eek: It seems to me all the fancy paint and chome would get trashed, but I guess thats there business. Anyway the cannondale looked awesome. However, I have already gotten quotes less that what this guy was asking so I probably won't buy it from him.... Besides...could you imagine me meeting one of ya'll someday in vegas.. "Hey, nice bike where did you get it?":scream:
--marc
