[tomwed]

I don't have a cart. I have a smartcar and an ebike. This has worked out for me and hardly anyone else I have met here but it's worth considering.

I walk the execs and play the champs with friends. They all have carts.

The smartcar is fun to drive in TV but a little scarey on the highway. The smartcar cost less than many golf carts if you look at the TCO of a car and a cart because I leased it for a one time payment of $4,300 and that's for 3 years.

Compared to a golf cart, I feel my ride is safe, cool, warm, dry, quiet, comfortable and quick. I can be almost anywhere in 20 minutes and I live in Collier off 301. I never worry about my clubs being secured, where I'm going after golf or the weather. I don't deal with putting down flaps or not having windshield wipers. When I'm tired after golf I go into a dry, warm or cool car.

The ebike [battery powered] is fun too. It's pedal assist so the more energy I put in the faster it goes, up to 19 mph. I even pull a pull cart with my clubs. It's fun to ride in the heat and the cold and learned the hard way that if a rainstorm comes in go for shelter and wait it out. I'm not late for work anymore.

Walking the execs is easy for me and I don't drink and drive. Those are the game changers for me.

It's just an alternative view. I always thought I would love to live in a golf cart community using just a golf cart. So you never know how you will think until you try it out for a while. I rented a cheap, crappy, smelly, loud cart for 2 months and the first time I took an hour to get to Lopez, I was disenchanted.