[springfield]

Our fitness instructor found that her cart was stolen last Sat. parked by the door at Laurel Manor in the morning. They also tried to steal my friend's cart but broke the key off in the ignition. This Sat. the instructor still does not have her cart, with no leads. She has insurance but there is the deductible and depreciation.

After golf yesterday, we tried our keys in the other Yamahas that were with us and none worked, which is good. I wonder if there is a skeleton key that these scum bags use.

I guess we need to keep an eye out for any unusual behavior. The police told the instructor that it would be a good idea to take pics of our carts on all sides and the interior.

[Hunger Mountain]

There are thousands of keys for Yamaha and Club Car. Check your Yamaha key,if it is the 8000 key that's the universal one, have it changed! I am not sure about the club car number for the universal.

[Chatbrat]

Put a hidden kill switch to stop these kinds of crooks

[TheVillageChicken]

I lock my cart 100% of the time with this....



They will need a torch or a heavy duty bolt cutter to steal my cart.

[mickey100]

For as long as I can remember, there have been golf cart thefts in The Villages. When we stop after playing golf, we try to leave ours in a spot where we can keep an eye on it.

[NavyNJ]

Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken

I lock my cart 100% of the time with this....



They will need a torch or a heavy duty bolt cutter to steal my cart.

No doubt about The Club being a solid deterrent - for cars OR carts! There are also a bunch of low-cost (Under $200) GPS-type locator devices out there you could check out (Lo-Jack and others). Small add-on to a fairly major cost item like a golf cart.

[justjim]

I don't know if there are any statistics kept on stolen golf carts in The Villages It does happen and it pays to be diligent ----sometimes they are found.

OP, thanks for reporting this theft. I've been told that it is fairly easy to do if you know what you are doing.

[laportjm]

Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken

I lock my cart 100% of the time with this....



They will need a torch or a heavy duty bolt cutter to steal my cart.

Does this work on all years of carts? We have a Yamaha. And where do you buy such item. Sounds like this is a problem.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by NavyNJ

There are also a bunch of low-cost (Under $200) GPS-type locator devices out there you could check out (Lo-Jack and others). Small add-on to a fairly major cost item like a golf cart.

Do you mean an attachment on a golf cart that allows it to be traced?

[dotti105]

I read somewhere that there are about 15 different key cuts for the Yahamas. I would guess that is about the same for the other brands.

Since the carts are not registered, unless street legal, they are hard to find if they go astray.

I wish that when we pay our trial fees we were given a sticker to identify our cart as paid. It could be kind of an internal registration system for The Villages. (Of course a sticker could be peeled off etc.) But some type of registration system would be a good idea.

[CassieInVa]

The problem with the kill switch is that the thieves know about them, so not much of a deterrent. We just ordered "clubs" for our carts.

[NavyNJ]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Do you mean an attachment on a golf cart that allows it to be traced?

Yeah, just like LoJack. There are other brands out there that work the same or even better. See the link for one exampl .

Vehicle Recovery | Anti Theft Device | Anti Theft System

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by NavyNJ

Yeah, just like LoJack. There are other brands out there that work the same or even better. See the link for one exampl .

Vehicle Recovery | Anti Theft Device | Anti Theft System

Thanks for the link, an interesting option.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken

I lock my cart 100% of the time with this....



They will need a torch or a heavy duty bolt cutter to steal my cart.

Sounds like an easy solution that is sold in walmart. click here

[Uberschaf]

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