Welcome to GC from Maine! You can't go wrong with a Grizzly. Very reliable with few problem areas. Excellent ride, good handling, the best transmission in the business. Tons and tons of aftermarket add ons, upgrades, etc. available. Not the fastest machine, but plenty fast enough unless absolute top speed is what you are after. Stock 700 will be in the 60 to 65 MPH range. The 07 and 08 700's had a stator burn out issue that Yamaha corrected with the 09's by adding an oil feed line to the stator cover. I did the upgrade on my 08 myself with a lot of help from the folks on this forum. I really, really like my Grizz, and am very happy with the $5100 I paid for it with only 420 miles on it! Yamaha re-designed the engine for the 2016's and it sounds like more than a few of the 2016's have an oil burning issue, and a lean fuel "popping" on deceleration. From what I have read, these issues seem to have been resolved and guys with the new 17's and 18's are real happy. Except for the stator cooling upgrade Yamaha did starting in 09, the 07 thru 2015 were virtually unchanged. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Around here, low mileage 700's in the 09 to 2015 range go for between $4800 to $5200. The power steering is definitely worth the extra cost in my opinion, and most everyone else's too. A nice,clean, low mileage, 550 EPS or 700 EPS that has been babied by some old guy in the 2009 to 2015 year range would make you great machine, and leave lots of room in the budget for all the upgrades that all of us on this forum will help you spend you're money on, LOL!! Have fun!