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Originally Posted by Trish Crocker
I have a dumb question. What prevents someone from hotwiring a golf cart and just driving it away...a coat of paint and it's unrecognizable. .......
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Past threads on TOTV have discussed carts gone missing and even a year or so ago a small local cart hack shop near TV was busted. Unless you have an automobile type of key lock, your cart will start with a standardized key that everyone else has which is used standard on almost all carts, or just put in neutral and push it onto a trailer and, poof, you are gone. Who needs new paint, most come in a standard 10 or so colors. Just remove the names and maybe a couple of strips of tape and maybe add a couple of new decals and striping tape and you are probably home free. Maybe seat cover color combinations add a bit of difference but it seems that there are many of the same color combinations. I have never noticed the 4 or so different service people who have worked on my carts over the years give any notice to serial number stickers. Heck, to my knowledge no one has even spotted, let alone identified the hit and run cart that did substantial damage to one of TOTV member's Vette a year ago. I assume Gate cameras apparently are not much help in spotting wayward carts. There are a lot large "uncovered" ares within the gated areas and one would have to spend lots of time reviewing lots of recorded traffic hoping a cart may have passed through a gate camera area.
There are a few guys around the TV that buy up used carts for rentals. It would be interesting to know if they do, or could do, anything to check on the validity of the seller's ownership
With 50,000 carts running around TV, I have always wondered why more have not gone missing over the years. Thank goodness, maybe it is because we are a pretty honest and watchful community.