I have a 27HP Bad Boy Lightening Z. It is the same as the PUP except the PUP is air cooled.
It is proving to be an awesome machine from a durability/reliability standpoint and I would not trade it for anything.
The only bad thing that I would say about it is that if you do not already have experience operating a Z mower, it would not be a good one to learn on. It is very fast with sensitive controls. I have operated two other Z's so it was not a problem, but I feel sorry for someone who plans on a BAD BOY being their first Z.
I have a fabulous dealer. They handle DC, Gravely and Bad Boy. They have sold a number of BAD BOYS and I noticed recently that they added a good bit to their inventory.
The folks at the Bad Boy factory are awesome people to deal with. That may be because they are relatively small. When they get bigger some of that company personality might change, but for now they treat their customers well and they are growing at a good rate.
As a previous poster indicated, it is really interesting that there are people that have the NERVE to bad mouth a product that they know very little about. Based solely on a demo I might talk about how a product performed, but making such broad negative statements about a company not being able to survive is nothing more than crystal ball reading and it is not fair to ANY company to make such unsubstantiated statements. But I guess there are A$$HOLES in every group.
Good luck,
Doc