Something that I am seeing online and hearing from other guys is that the dealerships are not selling plain-jane machines. They are getting them off the truck and then decking them out with accessories for the higher profit margins in order to make up for the lower inventory volume. It's wheels/tires/winches/light-bars/etc, usually to the tune of $1500 or more above factory guise.
Happened to a friend. Ordered a Polaris SxS - was told there would be the 6-9 month wait.
2 months goes by and dealership says they have the model he wants, someone backed out - come on down.
Gets there and it's decked out with almost 4k extras. He said he doesn't want all that - they told him the only way to buy it is with that on it or wait the full 9 months, maybe.
He bought it.
