Perhaps your in an area that has a lot of cats in general? I doubt there would be an "above normal" amount for sale vs other brands other than if theres just more of them out there. , Where I live in town we have polaris and a/c, so That's what I see mostly. Then I recently rode at a place 2 hrs north, getting within ~1 hr of a dealer and all the sudden it was 90% doo. People were asking me how I liked my alpha all day long like they've never seen one lol. price wise I wouldn't worry too much on warranty if the price is good. For the most part there don't seem to be too many failures, I see more people posting in the polaris side of things about blown engines than we see happening here.....