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Originally Posted by Mortal1
you might provide what those prices include(ie  il change, belt change, new battery, new tires, fix flat, starter, electronics, etc.). They don't include all that do they. Or is it for just showing up. Specifics mean everything in that business. |
From what I saw, Tire Choice did the most. They actually rotated the tires and lubed, checked the pressure, changed the oil & filter and spark plug. They're now $60 and no appointment necessary. Willie will do all that, but I don't remember him rotating the tires. Willie will even drive the cart up and down the street to make sure it's running good, he was only $70. Todd Casey did the least. I went in the house and came back out in about 15 minutes and he said, all done. He was also $112, the highest of all of them, I'll never call Todd Casey again. The Villages I have never used in 10 years even though I bought the cart there.
Around 2014 when the Marathon station opened on 466A I decided to try the ethanol free gas (recreation on the pump), I had been using regular the first three years. Next trip after filling up, I went about 5 miles to Belle Glade and played 18 holes. After pulling out of the golf course onto Moyer the cart died. I could only have it go if I held the choke open the entire time and drive no faster than 4 mph.
I called Willie when I got home and he came the next day. He said the good clean gas had loosened up all the ethanol crud that had built up in the carburetor and fuel lines and blocked them. He said he flushed everything out and the cart runs good now. I've kept using the recreation gas ever since. No problems with the cart in ten years, it seems to run better and better MPG. I use just a 5 gallon can, and the last two times I got the ethanol free gas at the Circle K across the street in Trailwinds, they're cheaper than Marathon.
As per the battery, I'm on my third. After 4-1/2 years I had Willie bring me a battery, he installed and disposed of the old one, but it was $130. Last summer I changed again after 4-1/2 years. This time I went to Rural King on 27 in Leesburg in the shopping center just before the split with 441. The guy in the battery department knew nothing. I knew to get a 24F, it was only $54.99 plus tax, about $62 out the door. Installed myself, on the Drive carts it's very easy to do, battery link below.
Rural King Classic Battery - 24F-60