I really like my cat. the pilot controls are a dream compaired to the hydrulic controls. The thing you might find strange at first, is the half second delay to engage the drive motors. Stopping is in real time, and so are bucket controls. The other thing is the cost of repair, (which I am very famillar with) Bobcat seems to use more general parts which is readily available and cheaper. Cat parts are harder to find and far more expensive. This is just my opinon. If i had known about this site before I bought my SS, I might of been on the John Deere forum instead of the cat fourm... Nah. I'm kidding, I like it here.