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Re manufactured golf carts can come is several different flavors. Re manufactured by a local/non-local dealer (Golf cart Connection for example ) with a variety of parts or re manufactured by the manufacture (Club car for example). A few differences are: the re manufactured carts by local dealers carry warranties from that dealer not the original manufacture of the cart; the ones re manufactured by the manufacture have original new parts and carry a warranty from that manufacture (Club car for example). Most (but perhaps not all) carts re manufactured by local dealers will exceed the legal speed limit since they tend to have larger motors then the original carts. The re manufactured carts from the manufacture will only go the legal speed limit since they have the original equipment motor in them. Another major difference is when the manufacture re manufactures their carts they can give them a new serial number with the year it was re manufactured in. A cart re manufactured from the local dealer will all have the original serial number with the year the original frame was built (2004 or 2005 for example).

I believe I saved well over $1000 on a re manufactured by Club car, cart compared to a new one. I got a club car warranty and new 2008 serial number. My feeling was the original manufacture would do a better job re manufacturing their cart using their original parts then the local shops using various parts. I also had no desire to go faster then the legal limit in that little open cart ( I felt to exposed )- so that played a major role in my decisions. I'm sure other feel the opposite about original parts and speed.

One more thing to consider if you get electric is Watts = Volts x amps and the more Hp in a electric motor the more watts and there for the more amps you will use (considering most carts are using 48V now). So when you use more amp that will mean you will probably be running down your battery faster and may not get the distance that a smaller Hp motor would get (perhaps an over simplification since there are more variables then motor Hp that will contribute to distance but its a major consideration).

Oh well that enough of my 2 cents!