The one pictured is worth much more than $4,000.
Golf Carts
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Don't knock it if you haven't tried it. The golf cart lifestyle, not the bullet.
Somewhat popular on Cape Cod, although technically illegal in most circumstances. Folks use them in our lake house neighborhood, small neighborhood, public roads but only one entry/exit. Sort of a gated community w/o the gates or pretense. Couple HOA beaches and some of the residents, especially the families with young kids, use them to run around. Makes sense; short distances, low speed limits and tight parking.
Im not trying to be funny, but seeing that Golf Cart, are you sure its only $4,000?
I thought something like that photo would be around $8,000+
I ask, as I a string to wonder if we will have one in our future. Our new community is miles long, with something like 7 pools and gyms spread throughout... heck I haven't even seen all of it yet.
(ugh... I aw your follow up post, yeah, no, the photo isnt the cart and most likely about 10k or more.)
Yamaha calls it the "Yamaha Golf-Car" even when sold for just passenger or utility purposes. I think this is their stretch limo version (the Golf Drive2 Concierge 6):
This one is about $15,000.
I remember waiting in line to get into a movie theater years ago and I started chatting with someone in line. The conversation went in different directions, but at some point I brought up the Citroën 2CV and that many made fun of it for its size and appearance. But he said it was great, and he thought of it as [correction] something someone might own at vacation or retirement home in the French countryside and use to go to the nearest village to pick up a fresh baked baguette.
How about this?
https://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/citroen/ami
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or the electric Moke!
Here is a neat little golf cart.
Reminds me of Maximum Overdrive.
Not knocking the cart, but rather the slightly smaller garage door that limits what I can do with that bay of the garage.
Resurrecting this thread as I'm in the market for a neighborhood cart. Will basically be used to get to and from the pool, and maybe buzz over to a neighbor's house. I'm looking at something used and under $5k. That all said, should I go gas or electric? I presume lithium is certainly the way to go if electric. @Cujet I know you have poor experiences with electric carts, but you were running up the odometer way more than I would by the looks of it.
Seems fine to me, people waste a lot more money buying a bigger vehicles hoping one day they will use it to tow a boat and they never did. I don't see how this is different.
I personally would take a Nissan Leaf instead but you probably need to pay insurance for a real car but not a cart.
I personally would take a Nissan Leaf instead but you probably need to pay insurance for a real car but not a cart.
CleanSump
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My retired friend living over on the Eastern Shore of VA says they have to get an incorporated town permit to drive theirs around the area. Something like $35 for a two year placard. He says it's much easier than driving a car in a small town just to run errands or go to their favorite bar for dart league nights.
I had a golf cart once, it was a gas powered one with a lift and tires. I got it as payment for fixing an older gentleman's hunting quad and it came with all the pieces to get it running, but the engine and most of said pieces were in a big cardboard box. It had a valve seat issue so you had to loosen up the valve adjusters every so often or it would loose compression.
I was 16 so I took the governor off and ripped it around the desert like an ATV and then sold it as lifted cart- needs engine for $2k
I thought it was worth maybe $200 until I did some research
The guy who bought it showed up in a brand new f250 with a lift and fancy rims and had a 20 foot car trailer that matched the truck. I think he had plenty of dough to waste.
I was 16 so I took the governor off and ripped it around the desert like an ATV and then sold it as lifted cart- needs engine for $2k
I thought it was worth maybe $200 until I did some research
The guy who bought it showed up in a brand new f250 with a lift and fancy rims and had a 20 foot car trailer that matched the truck. I think he had plenty of dough to waste.
JHZR2
Staff member
A bicycle is a better idea. And if you’re too fat or lazy to bike, it’s an even far better idea. Bike trailers are cheap too.
We live on a golf course so the golf club has it's own carts, however,
some of the folks that live here have their own. Interesting to me is that the roads in our community are designated as private so they don't need to register them.
On the other hand, golf carts are extremely popular in the town where our beach house is. It being NJ, they are considered regular motor vehicles except for the LSV(low speed vehicle) designation and can't exceed 25 mph and can only be driven on roads with a 25mph or lower speed limit and the driver must be at least 17 and have a valid driver's license.
It's a cottage industry...rentals, sales, repairs.
They go away shortly after Labor Day... thankfully.
some of the folks that live here have their own. Interesting to me is that the roads in our community are designated as private so they don't need to register them.
On the other hand, golf carts are extremely popular in the town where our beach house is. It being NJ, they are considered regular motor vehicles except for the LSV(low speed vehicle) designation and can't exceed 25 mph and can only be driven on roads with a 25mph or lower speed limit and the driver must be at least 17 and have a valid driver's license.
It's a cottage industry...rentals, sales, repairs.
They go away shortly after Labor Day... thankfully.
