I picked up my 99 SP500 that was in for repairs, and maintenance. As some of you remember the clutch was taken out by a blown belt. Sounds like a freak occurance, since none of you have seen a clutch go bad, and neither had the dealer (very large volume store).
Right away I started clearing snow again with the SP, man it does a great job. I can't imagine using a smaller, lighter machine to move snow. I am confident of the repairs, and they gave me 15% off everything which helped as well. Overall it was a good service, they even greased all of the fittings. I mention it, because I did not specify it, they did not charge me for it, and did not mention they had thrown it in.