I'm looking for a used golf cart for the family. I'm impartial to gas or electric and brands. What should I avoid, look for, etc!
Thank you for your help!
Thank you for your help!
Can it be licensed? If not someone might turn you in. Also your insurance company might have something to say about it if you plan to drive it on public streets. Just say’in.It's going to be used to drive around the neighborhood and on local streets. I will also use it to move materials in the rear around my property from time to time.
It's going to be used to drive around the neighborhood and on local streets. I will also use it to move materials in the rear around my property from time to time.
The NEV I linked to can be licensed in most areas after some “work”
If you want to have a street legal cart (depending on your municipality) it’s generally a million times easier to buy one already titled and plated for this purpose.
Generally any old golf cart won’t be allowed you will instead need to buy an NEV or work with an up fitter that sells street legal carts
There are some antiques in the street legal categories as well
I've bought and sold a few dozen over the years as I get them dirt cheap at a local auction (tyically around $300-$500 in good running condition)
I prefer the Club Cars (as someone has already mentioned, they're aluminum and don't rust)
Pick your poison when it comes to power
Can't beat electric when it comes to simplicity and offroad torque, but be prepared to spend at least $500 bucks on replacement batteries every 4 to 5 years.
It can get pretty spendy when you start modifying (hi-torque motors, controllers, switches, wiring, etc.)
The gassers are better suited for longer distance and higher speeds
The old Kawasaki motors in the Club Cars will run forever as long as you maintain them.
Got this Villager 8 gasser for $501 (silent auction......beat out the next highest bidder by a buck lol)
Put a Jakes 6 inch lift on it with some boggers mounted on EZ GO my neighbor gave me and coated everything in bedliner
I've actually had 16 drunken people hanging off of this thing with a full cooler out back while cruisin Daytona beach lol
Got this lifted Yamaha G16E for $300 and it worked out fine for a while until I fried the controller
That's when I threw in a D&D motor upgrade and 450Amp controller
Dang thing will climb up a wall after that lol
If you plan on driving in local traffic and using it to haul stuff, you may be better of with a KEI truck instead
Picked this one up for $501 (that one dollar bid always makes a difference lol)
Added hubcaps and coated everything in 2-tone bedliner
Depending on your local laws, you can register them for street use as they typically already have the necessary safety equipment