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Old 11-05-2026, 06:09 AM
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So, when you get paired up with someone in a 4-seater are you going to give them the what-for, I don't think you have the backbone to do that. You just hide behind your keyboard.
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Old 11-05-2026, 06:13 AM
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Long carts are more stable in turns than short carts. Simple physics.
Problem is some can't stay in their lane on MMP sharp 90 degree blind turns.
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Old 11-05-2026, 06:32 AM
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So, when you get paired up with someone in a 4-seater are you going to give them the what-for, I don't think you have the backbone to do that. You just hide behind your keyboard.
I just refused to play with them, so you would be wrong.


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Problem is some can't stay in their lane on MMP sharp 90 degree blind turns.
People want to ignore reality, when it doesn't suit their purposes.
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Old 11-05-2026, 06:45 AM
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Long carts are more stable in turns than short carts. Simple physics.
You need to read the Highway Safety Handbook (Access Denied)

Or the Florida Green Book: (Florida Greenbook)

It's not "simple physics", it's roadway design that's the issue.

Radius of turns, radius of round-a-bouts, etc. The industry mostly uses "AutoTurn Pro" for design. If you watch this video, you'll understand exactly how it works and why extended wheel base vehicles, don't safely work on many of the MMP's & Tunnels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTdqMUGHdjQ

Or ... just take a 6 passenger cart and try to drive around the parking lot of the Lopez Legacy golf course.
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Old 11-05-2026, 07:09 AM
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There are some tunnels that probably would be too small for that golf cart. The one by Buena Vista and the Polo Field, for instance.
I followed a guy through that tunnel the other day as he was scraping his way through. After he got through he stopped to assess the scrape damage. I also know a guy that called and wanted the center dividers taken out so he could drive down the middle. He was miffed that they told him no.
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Old 11-05-2026, 07:51 AM
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Long carts are more stable in turns than short carts. Simple physics.

That's what she said.
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Old 11-05-2026, 07:57 AM
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What's in a name? VW makes a car called GOLF. Must be a GOLF car. Never seen one on a course.
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Old 11-05-2026, 07:59 AM
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Clearly a golf cart.
Guessing " Miller Lite " ?
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Old 11-05-2026, 08:08 AM
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I'm waiting for one of these.

(Air Taxi)
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Old 11-05-2026, 08:18 AM
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Seen at Havana, yesterday.

Florida Statutes §320.01(22) defines a golf cart as: “a motor vehicle that is designed and manufactured for operation on a golf course for sporting or recreational purposes and that is not capable of exceeding speeds of 20 miles per hour.”

How can anyone possibly argue, this vehicle is "manufactured ... for sporting or recreational purposes"?

It was designed and manufactured to move people.

When was the last time you saw a vehicle like this, operating on a golf course, outside The Villages?

(Just anecdotally, but since I've been back TV on October 3rd, I've encountered 97 "4 passenger carts" while driving around (yes, I've been counting). On 4 of the 97, there have been more than (2) people in the cart.)
We don’t drive golf carts, we drive LSVs
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Old 11-05-2026, 08:25 AM
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I got one and use it to golf all the time. I usually have one other person with me. I can then use it to visit the squares with company and no one is facing the rear and we can all talk. They ride real nice. I go from Deluna all the way up to beef o brady's on 42 and do not scrape the tunnels. Mine is not lifted. Also, when parking at the squares I do back in. It sticks out maybe 6 inches more but not enough to be in the traffic lane and not much more than a 4 seat rear facing cart.

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For newbies and snowbirds, learn about PARKING your "golf cart" or "people mover" at Infographics - The Villages 101
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Long carts are more stable in turns than short carts. Simple physics.

Not when they got take up both lanes to make turn AT LOW SPEED,. Their hogging the whole MMP look see accidents on blind corners.
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Old 11-05-2026, 09:11 AM
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I'm waiting for one of these.

(Air Taxi)
Like not enough batteries to get very far.
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Old 11-05-2026, 09:24 AM
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Most of those 4 forward carts are much less than a Yamaha. Don’t want or need one but, check out a DACH.
I would like to have one just for when you have others in the cart conversation is better and weather protection is better. But the Chinese carts are the only ones that aesthetically appeal to me. I don't want a Chinese cart
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