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Old 05-09-2010, 10:24 AM
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Our neighbor bought a new cart that was so tall he had to remove the sliding screen doors on his garage. He had a slight arch in the door.

We tried to put our 4 seat EZ Go in our other house. The garage had the sliding screen doors and the slight arch and the cart would not fit. Our new to us home does no have the arch so it fits here.
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Old 07-17-2010, 12:17 PM
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I have a new street legal, 4 place Par Car, with the sealed batteries. Have had it for 4 months and love it. There is no smell when it is charging so there is no need to leave open the garage door for ventilation. These batteries are not a new thing, the military has used versions of them for quite a while. Yes, they are considerably more expensive but I expect that will drop as time goes by and more are in the market. Life expectancy is 4-5 years, not unlike standard batteries. Not having to deal with corrosion issues, filling and no odors is worth a lot to me.
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Old 07-24-2010, 06:22 PM
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Word to the wise - when dealing with ParCar, make sure you get everything in writing. Our cousins and us each bought a new parcar in 2008. They've had bad luck with theirs, the axle broke and the left rear wheel came off going thru the Caroline tunnel, then they had to replace their batteries and then the charger. ParCar prorated the batteries and charged them over $500.00 for the new ones. This all occured during the past twelve months. Last month we noticed our batteries were not charging correctly, had it taken to the service center where we were told they were bad, I got all new batteries at no charge. Great for me, bad for my cousin who bought his on the same day we got ours. The difference is that our salesman put on the sales contract that the batteries were covered at 100% for the first three years and then were prorated. Because this wasn't on our cousins contract, they would not refund his money. I believe this is very poor business and that they sould be taken to court on it, but that's my cousins fight. Just be careful when dealing with parcar..... Other than the battery problem our cart has been great and we do like it and routinely put over 50 miles a day on it when we are at TV, which is around five months a year.
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