First of all, Im in the same boat. I need something that gets better mileage. I am looking at little beaters but if you get the wrong one, you will spend more fixing it than you will save
Second of all, dont buy a brute. They are horrible, and break more than any quad ive seen. My outlander 800 has went probably 8 months without breaking anything and I have outlaws on it. The renegades are fun but I hunt alot and the lack of racks swayed me away from that. But you will probably overspend by buying the so called gorilla edition. If you install the stuff you will know how to fix it WHEN IT BREAKS.
The only problem is the bigger you go the more you try. Weeks after I installed a Gorilla kit and put outlaws on my Honda I sunk it. One of two times it went for a swim. And that costs ALOT to get fixed