No Polaris fan here.
Not touched a new one though.

Just be glad you don't have to fly it out to a village after you buy it. That adds a thousand or more to the price.

You and the salesman saved you future problems. Go to a Honda dealer.

Still running an 05 Foreman. Not sure offhand the mileage or hours. Its not fast. Its not fancy. Its not the softest rides compared to all the independent rear suspension units...but it flat starts when I hit the button.

We've run them all on the ranch and run them till they are basically shot. The Honda 4 wheeler was the only one that was still in usable condition when we got rid of it. Asked the boss why he got rid of it, he said he didn't think the guy would have bought the polaris if he didn't sale the Honda in the deal. And the Honda was probably 7 or 8 years older that the polaris.

In 2018 ibought a new Polaris sportsman 570. Ride the snot out of it and it's my trapping and ice fishing machine. Zero issues. Change oil and grease. Regular matainance and non ethanol fuel. Only issue i have is where they put the battery.

The Polaris might hold up to perfect maintenance and easy use. But, I don't think it'll survive long with those boys of your's. A Honda stands a better chance of survival before you have to start pouring money into repairs. Get a new one.....you'll get a one year warranty. Can buy additional years of warranty....and I reccomended doing so.

I bought a new one 5-6 years ago. I was looking at just honda and yamaha. Yamaha was a bit less and had more standard features so equiped as I wanted it, it was quite a bit less.

I emailed all the dealerships around and negotiated the deal over email. They didn't try any games when I picked it up.

Its been great. I've got 750 miles on it. The worst I've done to it is towing a 2,500 lb water trailer. It wouldn't start pulling that up a hill, but other than that it handled it fine.

20 years old???? Mine's 40 years old
Suzuki 250, born in '86

Suzuki 300 , was a boss.
These new ones that are more like a jeep, are too big for real trail blazing .
Last for ever.

When i was talking to my dealer i got the out the door price before i made the purchase. It was reasonable so i picked it up.

Polaris? You must like buying gas and fixing things. Buy a Yamaha or Honda.

Nothing at all wrong with a 20 year old Yamaha or Honda. I have a fleet of 2002-2004 Yamaha 450 Kodiaks. I run them in a saltwater environment. They are nearly bullet proof, just change wheel bearings regularly. I prefer the pre '05 straight rear axle models.