Re: Golf Carts are Disappearing
So far it's 11 carts since the first of the year. Two of them were stolen from a dealership. I also recall that a couple were stolen from Villages carts by some teens and the carts were actually recovered. So perhaps it's as few as 7 private stolen carts and not recovered.
Conservatively there are 60,000 residents here. So figure 30K in residences on the low side. Going really conservative and assuming snow birds etc. assume there are 10,000 golf carts. The odds of an one persons car being stolen are slim to none despite the recent thefts, even if 100 carts were stolen.
If somebody wants your cart, they are going to get it. The Club, special key, Lojack or whatever. Unless you have some type of speciality ultra expensive cart don't waste your
money on theft prevention. Use common sense, take the keys out and park it in the open when out in public. Then don't worry about it.
Collision and theft insurance is extremely inexpensive. I pay less than $60 per year for that coverage on a $6,000 cart. From an insurance company perspective the numbers of thefts are "actuarily insignificant".
On ocassion things get somewhat exaggerated on this site. Save your worrying for the normal stuff, high cholesterol and blood pressure, arthritis, knee replacement etc. and forget the golf cart theft "problem".
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