[tomwed]

I've driven golf carts for over 50 years playing and coaching golf. So that it's new and fun to drive was not true for me.

When we rented here we had a gas cart. Compared to a Smart Car, that's roughing it. We were cold in the winter and hot in the summer. Rain meant zipping down, with smells, noise, no NPR to listen to. Now with a car, from Brownwood where I live I have 301 to get me on the other end of town in 20 minutes not an hour. Now I walk the execs, rent or share a cart on the champs. I'm never cold when I get to a course. If I get caught in a rainstorm on the course I can put on the heat in the car. When the sun beats you up in the Summer, the AC cools me off on the way home.

When we bought, before we sold, we couldn't buy a cart. We postponed the purchase. I leased a Smart Car and bought an e-bike. This combination turned out to be the best. My leased Smart Car cost me less than $1500 a year and I save quite a bit on gas compared to my old car, a Subaru wagon. The bike cost $1,600 and virtually nothing to charge.

The Smart Car is no bigger than a cart and I can get to 15 execs in less than 10 minutes anytime of the year. Now I don't want a cart.