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West Virginia - When asked to
take in the new Polaris Rzr to keep as my own
for a few months and write a review on it versus
the Polaris Ranger, I thought that I must have
pleased the gods in some way to have this chance!
I had purchased the Ranger for use around my property
and it took all of a quick ride to prove it would
be so much more useful to me then my Utility ATV.
With a dumping cargo bed, roll cage, fully automatic
transmission and all wheel drive I was in heaven.
I believe I even took it for a ride or three around
the area just to show it off to anyone willing
to peer my way.
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The
Polaris Ranger is a work horse UTV, and
Polaris has various versions of their
highly successful Ranger model along with
a new Ranger Crew for 2008, which are
selling as quickly as they are being produced
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In no time, the Ranger was pulling duties from
hauling the kids to and from the bus stop and
carrying my tree stands to the woods. Using it
for chores actually had me looking for things
to do just so I could have the smallest excuse
to use it! I know, anything new is bound to have
that appeal, but when the wife uses it to haul
her laundry from the line to the front door instead
of carrying it through the basement and up the
stairs, the "Guy Toy" excuse was history!
Everyone in the family was becoming well versed
in its operational capacity in every aspect of
outdoor life here. It has been used to shuttle
anything that would fit in the bed to fetching
me a cold drink while working in my gardens, it
is truly a must have piece of equipment for us
now.
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Polaris
Announced their all-new Polaris Rzr just
over one year ago, and it was immediately
the sportiest UTV ever on the market and
attracted the attention of numerous UTV
enthusiast looking for something that
was sporty and small enough to drive on
ATV trails |
Now comes the all new sporty Polaris Rzr, designed
for one main purpose in life, putting a smile
on your face that lasts for days! Turning the
key brings the engine to a throaty idle as the
high performance 760cc engine awaits your command.
This wasn't the Ranger nor was it designed to
be! Moving the gear selector to high range and
a slight press on the gas had me chugging across
the field and that growing smile started to
attack me. A few laps around the back 40 soon
found me slicing through the trail at high speed
(I had to have been flying because the wife
was giving me that look as I passed mach 2 and
left her far behind!) The fun doesn't end with
the first ride thankfully and it isn't a solitary
ride if you allow a passenger (we refer to them
as co-pilots just because it sounds cool!).
With driver and passenger securely belted in,
the fun begins all over as trails are explored
or laps are completed.
Over the course of several months, everyone
here got their fair share of seat time, including
folks that happened by to check out the red
blur clipping through the fields and dancing
between the trees. The fun factor on the Rzr
is off the charts for everyone that strapped
in for a ride, although a few passengers may
have preferred more warning that this thing
cruises and the passenger grab handles are their
for a reason. I can usually make my passenger
grab them within the first 50 feet just for
the record. Many had no idea that the two machines
were built by the same company as they look
about as similar as Rocky Balboa and Pee Wee
Herman.
