I also didn't say your Honda was a pos.
But like I said, no problem. I will just cull the bs and try to find the facts.
I'll jump in here and say that I've always tried to be as non-biased as possible. Admittedly, I've always liked honda products because of their quality, but I've also had to grind my teeth lately at times because of their lack of innovation and competition with other brands at times. That said, I do own a Pioneer 500 and did not love it at first. After accepting what it was made for, putting larger tires with a little larger wheel offset, and removing the anti-sway bar, I've really grown to like it a lot. I admit some of the Pioneer 1000 clutch issues have made me question Honda's reliability a little bit.
My father just purchased a P1000 for a boys trip we had planned in Southern Utah. He brought it down and my brother purchased a Polaris Turbo 1000-4 seater that is pretty awesome and very very powerful. We did a mix of riding in the dunes and trail riding with just about every type of terrain. Here is my take after getting back from the weekend:
The pioneer 1000 definitely felt a lot more heavy and less sporty than my Pioneer 500. In some ways, it made me appreciate my Pioneer 500 now that I have done some modifications with tires and wheel offset. In other ways the P1000 is awesome because it fits 5 people and has a short wheelbase. The power is actually pretty good in the P1000. When we got into the sand dunes with very deep sand, my P500 really struggled, although it would still go about anywhere. The P1000 had great power and especially very good torque. My dad really enjoyed driving in automatic and shifting up or down before hills (while still in automatic). The transmission worked well.
My brother's Polaris turbo was awesome. TONS of power (would keep up with the racing quads) and great suspension and very sporty ride. We rode down there for 2 days and put on about 150 miles or so. As the P1000 broke in, it seemed to gain a bit more power and quiet down a bit. I really think with a wider offset wheel and stiffer front suspension it would handle more sporty.
Anyways, the 2nd day we went out for a ride and my brother was in his turbo and heard a bit of a pop in the front diff. We looked down there and it was leaking oil all over. It didn't make much more noise and still rode fine but was leaking oil all over. He wasn't even riding it hard or doing anything crazy as it was his first time out pretty much. It had 250 miles on it. He got on the rzr forum and there are so many that are leaking in the front diff right around 200 miles. All the seals and parts are on back order because there are so many with the issue. He is very frustrated because he got this TURBO after his rzr 1000-4 (2015) completely had a fall apart and they talked him into the turbo because it was supposedly built better and stronger. I can tell you I rode my P500 much harder than he rode down there. My father's P1000 was flawless and he got it to replace his Ranger XP 800 that was a bit of a turd (no problems at 1,200 miles). The xp 800 was always wound up and just felt like a pig to drive. Not responsive at all and way to soft on the suspension.
Anyways, I have to give Polaris credit for being very innovative and pushing the limits, but from an unbiased standpoint, they are just not built very well mechanically. They have come a long ways, but seem to be very sloppy in certain areas. My brother is so tired of having problems with both new units that I'm not sure he'll even keep it. My dad on the other hand loved how he could just lug the engine around at low RPM and had no belts to worry about. Now if there are clutch problems, that would be a pain in the neck, but I really doubt he will ever have that problem.
We need not lose credibility over a simple verbal/textual slip.
