Thank you everyone for taking the time to respond to my questions. Sorry for not responding sooner, the sale of our home is taking up huge quantities of our time right now.
Based on your responses and some additional research that I've done since my original post, I've come up with the follow conclusions:
We will rent a cart for at least a week. We are going to be very focused on finding our permanent home the first two months, I don't see us having a lot of time to do much exploring in a golf cart. I managed to find a couple of places that will rent carts for about $125 per week, sounds reasonable.
It sounds like the Yamaha gas cart is what we need. It just makes more sense, because of the distances we may have to travel.
The more comfortable seat makes huge sense based on how much time everyone seems to think we'll be driving around in our cart. Maps, GPS, all that stuff makes sense, at least until we learn the way around.
Sorry, all this research created a couple more questions:
Everyone talks about 20mph. All of the information I've been able to find on the Yamaha gas carts says a maximum of 15 mph. Do you slip the salesman a few extra bucks to get that extra 5 mph out of the cart?
I'd like to get lights and turn signals. Is this what they refer to as a "street legal" cart?
Do we want to install the side curtains for inclement weather? Is it worth the extra money? Can we purchase and install that stuff ourselves from the aftermarket?
Are the carts covered under our homeowners or car insurance? Is there different levels of coverage that you can ask for?
It seems like most of the reviews on the various cart dealers are all over the place........some good, some bad, which is typical these days. Can anyone give us a recommendation on a really good dealer to talk to? We're probably going to be looking for a used/pre-owned vehicle.
Thanks again for all your help, so appreciated.
So looking forward to getting down there.
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