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Originally Posted by Coop63
Trying to understand whether it makes sense to start out my village journey with a new or used Golf cart, electric or gas? My sense tells me to buy used until I have a better sense of what I will need it for, other than golf and the occasional leisurely rides to the town squares. I am not retired yet so will probably drive to stores if it’s faster. It seems like electric carts would depreciate faster given the steady decline of the battery.
If I go with a gas cart, how many miles do these things run on average before repairs become more frequent? Would like a general idea of when to buy and sell, to minimize depreciation and breakdowns. Looking for the proverbial Goldilocks zone.
Based on my recent visit, Yamaha seems like the most popular gas power cart in the Villages??
I am interested in all opinions. I have no basis for making a decision yet. Thanks in advanced.
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Last year, about 80% of the golf carts sold by Villages Golf Cars had Lithium Ion batteries. That’s a reverse from two years before, when it was mostly Yamahas being sold.
I ordered a beautiful custom EZgo with lithium battery when I moved here three years ago. $21,000! But I don’t play golf, and after a year I had only put fifty miles on it. So I sold it for about $17,000, I think. A couple months ago I bought a 2020 Toyota Prius Limited with all the extras for $26,000. It had spent its life in The Villages, averaging 153 mpg over 46,000 miles. So, nearly all my driving in The Villages is powered by battery, and it’s more comfortable by far than a golf cart, just as quiet as that EZgo, fast, and heated in the cold and air-conditioned the rest of the year. I don’t miss the golf cart at all.