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Originally Posted by pivovar
Does anyone have an ides how much a used cart gas
or electric goes for or is it smarter to buy a new one.
Thank You
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Oh my gosh, there are many things to consider here! As to the cost of a used cart, gas or electric, it all depends on the age of the cart, and a few other factors. How many hours does it have on it? What kind of options does it have? Is it in great condition or is it nicked and dinged and have rips in the enclosure. Does it even have an enclosure? As to whether or not it is smarter to buy a new cart, the main thing to consider there would be the warranty that you WOULD get with a new cart. My gas golf cart is a '99 remanufactured Club Car with 1420 hours on it. We got it in '01 and it had a 3-yr. warranty on it. My husband has done almost all of the maintenance on it and it is still in excellent condition. We just recently put its first set of new replacement tires on it! I'm not sure what we could sell it for but I'm thinking around the high $2000. We'll have to fork over around $10000 to get a new cart that has the options we want the next time around. So, as you can see there is a huge difference in what you will pay for a good used cart vs. a new, nicely loaded one. I would say it comes down to whatever your wallet will bear and what kind of warranty you want. Also, you didn't ask this question but consider how far you may want to go in any cart you buy. This place is getting bigger by the day. Owning a gas cart will relieve you of the headaches and expense of buying new batteries every few years, and you won't have to worry about how far you can go. We have owned both kinds of carts and we could never go back to electric. It's all a personal choice for whatever your lifestyle is here. We love to ride all over the place in our cart and we just don't want to wonder if we'll make it back home on a charge. (Yes, I know that some of the newer cart manufacturers are boasting 70-80 miles on a charge...that may be all well and good when the batteries are new, but sooner or later the batteries go and so will the desire to venture far from home.)