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Old 04-27-2008, 04:43 AM
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Default Re: Lifestyle Preview Visit - Golf Cart or Not?

Hi JohnN - Heres my 2 pennies: We were there for a whole 7 days. (Wanted to stay for the 7th, called the sales office and said I was negotiating on a home purchase and they quickly extended us one more night, which was cool). We used the cart . . . once to pick it up, once to return it, and twice in between. Otherwise, there was just not enough time to get where we wanted to go fast enough. As others posted, it is tricky trying to figure out how to get from point A to point B. Several times had to pull over and ask for help. One nice man said, "just follow me, I'm going near there", so we did and that was nice. Rentals are gas, loud, backfiring, jerky. We should have taken ours back to swap for another - but, no time for that.

So, bottom line for us. It would have been better to rent it for only, say, three days and then dedicate those days to using the cart. And you can rent by the day. However, I did like the GC experience. You get to chat with lots of people along the way, especially when asking for directions from one side of the street to the other. (And those dang round-abouts). I got to see TV from the seat of the GC which is a whole 'nother perspective; one I really liked more than I thought I would.

Hope this helps.
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