I found this a 2001 Sportsman 500 HO locally on craigslist, it has 2,432 miles on it. The guy is asking 2,650 for it. Is that a good deal? I tried to get him down to 2,200, but he said the lowest he would come is 2,500!

 

I'd go check the retail value at kelly bluebook on line, that's what I did before buying mine.
I just bought a 2001 Polaris Scrambler 500 4x4 with plow, winch, hitch, and 2 place trailer (with a spare tire lol) for $2,800. My house has been filthy since of course but wow, what a fun toy that thing is!!
You can find a used trailer for under $500 so I think yes, you'd be getting a good deal.
Wave cash under his face and see if he won't come down to your price. ;-)
Good luck!!
gambro

 

Yea...what he said. definantaly check kelly bb. Does he have any maintenance records? You'd hate to spend hard earned cash to find out that 2400+ miles is on factory new oil from 2001 !!!

 

I was always against financing, but with a Atv you take a huge risk buying something that used. If you have that much cash I would go pick up a new leftover somewhere. You could probably find a 07 or 08 500cc model for $5k-$6k. Put your $2400 down and you would have pretty small payment for a bit. Well worth it to have a new machine in my opinion.