P500 First Thoughts After Purchase

[OttoND]

2017 Pioneer 500

Bought this thing on a -15°F day here in ND, starts right up! Never wanted a side by side but was able to get it 0 down and 180/mo, so how could I say no to that! Heck, my Verizon bill is more than that. So I got preapproved, drove to town, test drove, signed paperwork, loaded and left all in less than an hour. Very pleased with Minot, ND Honda dealer. Smoothest transaction I have ever ever done.

Next, all I have is snow and snow piles around this place. This machine has no issue climbing up past 45° angle on ice and snow. 12 inches of snow and plows right through it. Big win

New auto tranny shifts great, manual option is awesome for playing with the 4x4 and putting around yard.

Love the flat bed rack, didn't want a box.

And the biggest winner of them all. It fits in the back of my new Dodge 1500 hemi shortbed. Love this machine and will be great roaming the prairie and all the acreage around us on the farm. Great buy, can't wait until summer.

 

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[rocmar]

Congrats
....you've made a great
Choice...
Welcome.....

 

[OttoND]

Congrats
....you've made a great
Choice...
Welcome.....

For sure! Thanks

 

[rocmar]

You'll find this is
The best damn forum
This side of MARS
enjoy

 

[iowaguy]

2017 Pioneer 500

Bought this thing on a -15°F day here in ND, starts right up! Never wanted a side by side but was able to get it 0 down and 180/mo, so how could I say no to that! Heck, my Verizon bill is more than that. So I got preapproved, drove to town, test drove, signed paperwork, loaded and left all in less than an hour. Very pleased with Minot, ND Honda dealer. Smoothest transaction I have ever ever done.

Next, all I have is snow and snow piles around this place. This machine has no issue climbing up past 45° angle on ice and snow. 12 inches of snow and plows right through it. Big win

New auto tranny shifts great, manual option is awesome for playing with the 4x4 and putting around yard.

Love the flat bed rack, didn't want a box.

And the biggest winner of them all. It fits in the back of my new Dodge 1500 hemi shortbed. Love this machine and will be great roaming the prairie and all the acreage around us on the farm. Great buy, can't wait until summer.

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Welcome, buying it was the initial expense, now you get to add all the accessories to make it your own.

 

[Tigermark]

Welcome to the forum from NW Arkansas!

 

[trigger]

Welcome @OttoND ! Congrats on the new ride from the mitten state!
That green is starting to grow on me.

 

[OttoND]

Welcome @OttoND ! Congrats on the new ride from the mitten state!
That green is starting to grow on me.

It's a lighter green they said was new this year? Opposed to the olive I guess. Thanks for the welcomes, summer toy so sure I'll be on here a lot.

 

[rocmar]

It's a lighter green they said was new this year? Opposed to the olive I guess. Thanks for the welcomes, summer toy so sure I'll be on here a lot.

Pea soup green....
"SweetPea"
....haha

 

[OttoND]

Better angle of the dangle. Trying to justify the cost of roof, windshield, and so on.

 

[OttoND]

Pea soup green....
"SweetPea"
....haha

Lol wife has already deemed it the "G-Wagon" because of that bright green.

 

[moparornocar]

Welcome! I was just next door to that Honda dealer Monday. It's cold!

 

[rocmar]

Better angle of the dangle. Trying to justify the cost of roof, windshield, and so on.

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You just gotta have it..........

 

[rocmar]

Lol wife has already deemed it the "G-Wagon" because of that bright green.

G-wagon.....
Like it....

 

[rocmar]

Lol wife has already deemed it the "G-Wagon" because of that bright green.

There fun to make
...your own

 

[HUCK]

2017 Pioneer 500

Bought this thing on a -15°F day here in ND, starts right up! Never wanted a side by side but was able to get it 0 down and 180/mo, so how could I say no to that! Heck, my Verizon bill is more than that. So I got preapproved, drove to town, test drove, signed paperwork, loaded and left all in less than an hour. Very pleased with Minot, ND Honda dealer. Smoothest transaction I have ever ever done.

Next, all I have is snow and snow piles around this place. This machine has no issue climbing up past 45° angle on ice and snow. 12 inches of snow and plows right through it. Big win

New auto tranny shifts great, manual option is awesome for playing with the 4x4 and putting around yard.

Love the flat bed rack, didn't want a box.

And the biggest winner of them all. It fits in the back of my new Dodge 1500 hemi shortbed. Love this machine and will be great roaming the prairie and all the acreage around us on the farm. Great buy, can't wait until summer.

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You should get a different phone company . ....

 

[Montecresto]

Better angle of the dangle. Trying to justify the cost of roof, windshield, and so on.

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Welcome here @OttoND, looks nice, I wonder how long the team that decides on Honda's colors had to look at a swath of that paint color hanging on the break room wall before it was chosen. It seems to take a while to grow on people. The roof and windshield accessories are absolutely justifiable expenditures. Good luck.

 

[OttoND]

Ok another thought! The automatic absolutly sucks in deep snow and I am assuming deep mud. Does not shift at right times and will get you stuck a lot faster than manual shifting. Hit a drift and it down shifts from 3rd to second with the delay...bam, stuck. Same conditions, in manual, hit deep snow in 3rd and let it bog down to low end 3Rd, plows right through no issues. Love the option for cruising and putting around. Only thing I have found is the low end auto in low traction situations. Other than that, 60 miles and love this thing. Will go anywhere.

 

[AlR]

Ok another thought! The automatic absolutly sucks in deep snow and I am assuming deep mud. Does not shift at right times and will get you stuck a lot faster than manual shifting. Hit a drift and it down shifts from 3rd to second with the delay...bam, stuck. Same conditions, in manual, hit deep snow in 3rd and let it bog down to low end 3Rd, plows right through no issues. Love the option for cruising and putting around. Only thing I have found is the low end auto in low traction situations. Other than that, 60 miles and love this thing. Will go anywhere.

Yah. The AT does suck in deeper snow; that's when you switch to MT. Luckily the snow doesn't last!
Al

 

[sam3006]

I've had mine since July of 2014, but I still remember my first thought during my first ride. It was; " I'll never straddle another 4-wheeler."