Dose of reality

[dslim]

I currently own a 2013 RTS, and have had a pretty good experience with it. The bike runs and drives good, and we both enjoy riding it. I previously owned a 2010, which my problems were too numerous to mention. It helped when I found a dealer with a better service dept. and traded for my current 2013. Well the rebates and offers on the 2014's got me thinking about trading up a year for a bike that runs lower rpm's at highway speed and has a better service interval, both important on a bike used for distance touring. Today I found out my 2 year old RTS is worth the same as my 3 year old RT audio and convenience was. To top it off the 13 came with more standard equipment, I added more options to it, and it has half the miles my 10 had on it. I guess sometimes when you buy something you end up being married to it. Does anyone know how many miles one of these will run without going through the engine? I'm starting to think if anything major happens with the engine after 5 or 6 years, it might cost more than the bike is worth.....:banghead:

 

[CanAmChris]

I currently own a 2013 RTS, and have had a pretty good experience with it. The bike runs and drives good, and we both enjoy riding it. I previously owned a 2010, which my problems were too numerous to mention. It helped when I found a dealer with a better service dept. and traded for my current 2013. Well the rebates and offers on the 2014's got me thinking about trading up a year for a bike that runs lower rpm's at highway speed and has a better service interval, both important on a bike used for distance touring. Today I found out my 2 year old RTS is worth the same as my 3 year old RT audio and convenience was. To top it off the 13 came with more standard equipment, I added more options to it, and it has half the miles my 10 had on it. I guess sometimes when you buy something you end up being married to it. Does anyone know how many miles one of these will run without going through the engine? I'm starting to think if anything major happens with the engine after 5 or 6 years, it might cost more than the bike is worth.....:banghead:

I traded in my 2010 RSS (Don't let the year fool you, I bought it in Jan 2011) with a little over 30k miles and got $1000.00 over the payoff price for my FS-3.

Rotax also makes light aircraft engines. http://www.flyrotax.com/home.aspx

There is nothing less forgiving then an engine failure in the air.

EDIT: the ACE 1330 is $8k to $9k to replace. So that is not even 50% of the bike cost. It's the trans and all the other stuff that makes our Spyders so much fun and so costly.

 

[Chupaca]

Sad...!!

prices are all over the place. Trade ins are the worst. You have to hunt them out but there are good dealers that will treat you right...so far these machines are holding up pretty well all considered...:thumbup:

 

[BeRight]

I don't know first hand but I have read on this forum postings of 2013 RTs heat issues and that BRP will have a recall to fix maybe sometime in May. Maybe this is what is causing lower price for your Spyder - others have posted the same experience you had at your dealer on trading in a 2013. Some have even posted that dealer would not touch it - felt they couldn't sell it.

I was able to get kbb trade-in value for my 08' GS. Maybe could have done better but a far price is OK with me.

Don't know what you were offered - the kbb trade-in value on 2013 RTS SM5 is: $13,925

 

[ARtraveler]

I currently own a 2013 RTS, and have had a pretty good experience with it. The bike runs and drives good, and we both enjoy riding it. I previously owned a 2010, which my problems were too numerous to mention. It helped when I found a dealer with a better service dept. and traded for my current 2013. Well the rebates and offers on the 2014's got me thinking about trading up a year for a bike that runs lower rpm's at highway speed and has a better service interval, both important on a bike used for distance touring. Today I found out my 2 year old RTS is worth the same as my 3 year old RT audio and convenience was. To top it off the 13 came with more standard equipment, I added more options to it, and it has half the miles my 10 had on it. I guess sometimes when you buy something you end up being married to it. Does anyone know how many miles one of these will run without going through the engine? I'm starting to think if anything major happens with the engine after 5 or 6 years, it might cost more than the bike is worth.....:banghead:

The poor resale value on the 2013 has to do with the rep of a few of the machines that had fires, and a pending fix for heat issues on the RT's. IMO--the damage has been done and I do not think that the resale value will go back up--it may decline a bit less in subsequent years though.

There are a few high mileage RT's out there at or about 100K miles. Also a few over 50K miles. Have not heard of engine teardowns required on these so far. I am speaking of those machines that were driven under normal use.

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: Right now; the 2013 bikes have gotten a ton of bad press... :shocked:
Let's hope that the BRP repairs fix the problem, and allow the used bike market pricing to stabilize. :thumbup:

 

[2RTsGV]

I have a 2013RT and have no issue keeping it once the BRP recall fix is done. My hope is that the fix works. I don't expect there to be NO heat emanating from beneath the bike (afterall there is an engine under that Tupperware), but my hope is that the current heat is greatly reduced and the gas tank heating issue is resolved.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

I currently own a 2013 RTS, and have had a pretty good experience with it. The bike runs and drives good, and we both enjoy riding it. I previously owned a 2010, which my problems were too numerous to mention. It helped when I found a dealer with a better service dept. and traded for my current 2013. Well the rebates and offers on the 2014's got me thinking about trading up a year for a bike that runs lower rpm's at highway speed and has a better service interval, both important on a bike used for distance touring. Today I found out my 2 year old RTS is worth the same as my 3 year old RT audio and convenience was. To top it off the 13 came with more standard equipment, I added more options to it, and it has half the miles my 10 had on it. I guess sometimes when you buy something you end up being married to it. Does anyone know how many miles one of these will run without going through the engine? I'm starting to think if anything major happens with the engine after 5 or 6 years, it might cost more than the bike is worth.....:banghead:

I'm in much the same boat. My current thinking is the recall fix will help a lot but right now it's all a big unknown. I'll give serious thought this fall at buying a good used 14 or 15 RT or RTS and then sell the 13 next spring when summer demand starts in again.