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Originally Posted by redwitch
Stupid question -- why don't you just have the people who are watching your house start the car? If they're doing this as a business, it should be part of the things they do for your home and they should be insured and bonded. Besides checking the house to make sure everything is okay, they should be adding water to the golf cart batteries, keeping it charged, driving it around the block on occasion, starting the car weekly (doesn't need to be driven unless the gas is low). I know these are part of my services (along with the insurance and bond), whoever is watching your home should have it be part of theirs.
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Liability, liability, liability. Never give your car keys to anyone thats watching your house. Should they drive your car bonded, insured or not it will be a nightmare waiting to happen if they cause a serious accident. You will be sued even if their insurance is the first one that gets hit. Your carrier will still need to defend any excessive claims awarded to the plaintiff.
Now if you have a limited amount of liability and the house watchers insurance doesn't cover the amount awarded be prepared to pay the difference if found guilty of any negligence on your behalf. Now that seems highly unlikely but do you want the headache. NOT ME.
My golf cart has a switch that is changed to tow rather than run. During tow all power is stopped at the batteries and upon return all I need to do is flip switch to run and charge the batteries for 24 hours making sure levels are correct.
I will google for the right trickle charger since my charger doesn't go off when charge is complete. Again thanks for the replys