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Originally Posted by NJblue
Sorry for resurrecting this old thread, but this is a topic that is of interest to us since we may be making a purchase decision in the near future. My wife insists that we need two cars plus a golf cart - even if the cars will be lightly used. It would seem that the obvious solution is a house with 2 car garage plus a golf cart garage. However, this adds to the price and, even more importantly, significantly limits the number of houses that may be available that meet this requirement. It would seem that the obvious solution if a house without a golf cart garage wins our hearts that we just keep one of the cars outside. However, this leads to 2 questions:
First, are the golf carts maneuverable enough and/or the driveways big enough to allow them to get around a parked car in the driveway? I'd hate to think about moving a car each time we wanted to use the golf cart. We would probably be getting a Designer home, if this makes a difference in the answer.
Secondly, based on the love bug discussion, it sounds like they can do damage to car finishes. If a car is parked in the driveway, how would one avoid damage? Would it have to be washed every day during love bug season?
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My answer to you would be to get a two car garage (if you cannot find one with the added golf cart garage) and bring the two cars down and see how it works out. Depending on the size of the garage and the cars, you can put both cars in the garage and the golf cart parked laterally to one of the cars. The next door neighbor does in with an Amarillo (ranch). If you park the second car about half way down the driveway you can maneuver the golf cart around the parked car. After a period of time, decide if you still need the two cars and make the decision then. That is what I did. And I still miss the pickup but it became unnecessary and the insurance and registration costs were reduced.
As redwitch pointed out the love bugs are only problems when you are driving and they splatter into your front bumper, hood and windshield.