[GMONEY]

Originally Posted by Army Guy

We are planning now after all this advise to look and price!

Thanks, Army Guy

Here is another place to check also.. Used carts they rebuild them. Does really great work.

http://www.customcartshop.com/index.html

[SteveFromNY]

I purchased a 2008 Yamaha 4 passenger last summer. I was very happy with the experience, although I probably spent a few extra bucks to have the dealer close by. I have had a few questions for them, and they've been great to deal with.

[Indy-Guy]

Originally Posted by beartrack

Hi Mitch,

WAY TO GO, buy American!!!!! I would hate to be riding around in my Yamaha or my Star Cart, then read about people being laid off at Club Car or EZGo.

Just my two cents worth,

beartrack

For your information
Yamaha Golf Carts are made in Newman, Georgia in the good old USA. I have one and didn't put anyone out of work and I enjoy riding around in my Yamaha cart.

[hotrodgary]

I just decided to get a new 2009 Yamaha gas and did shop around.
Results :
Cart, mat, hi speed gears & tax $6182
W/shield The villages shop 192 High but hinges 2" longer
enclosure Joe's Spec. LJ brand 500 drill 13 holes & bolt
10" mags& tires 375
Trail Tech Vector speedo/odo 110
wood grain dash overlay w/ locking
gloveboxes 110
Cart came from dealer across from Webster flea market. Two day delivery. enclosures took 2 weeks. You may contact me at garyls3@comcast if /when you want more details. Savings over $1000 once tax is added to villages stores.

[jjdees]

I may be wrong but I believe Par Car is a Harley Davidson company.

[k2at]

U r correct in that Par cars are made by Harley Davidson.

[Army Guy]

Really???? HD makes a golf cart???? I am a big HD guy and ride an 05 FatBoy!

Army Guy

[katezbox]

Originally Posted by Army Guy

Really???? HD makes a golf cart???? I am a big HD guy and ride an 05 FatBoy!

Army Guy

Ahhhh, another reason for the fascination with the NMB area

My husband and a couple of buddies (one who already lives in TV) spent some time looking at carts when we were there earlier this month. Lest you think I was left out of the fun - the girls did their own version of shopping.

He tried a reconditioned model from TV golf - and it ran out of juice about 10 minutes out of LSL. He wanted to give them another chance, so we both rode in one that evening.

IMHO it did not compare in comfort, ride smoothness or pickup with our friend's ParCar.

Jim (my husband) got the info on Jim (the Par Car sales guy) from Jim (our friend in Largo). Jim and Nancy in Largo could not be happier with the Par Car. The folks come into TV to service it and have always been responsive. Just as a means of comparison, Nancy is a retired schoolteacher with an attention to detail you have never seen in your life - she would have made an amazing drill sergeant (or general)

PM me if you would like the contact info.

Kate

PS - we plan to leave NMB by the end of April - will just miss bike week.

Kate

[Army Guy]

Wow, that sounds awesome. I will PM you in a few.
Yes, me and wife are into Harley big time. I have ridden most of my life. Had all the "wannabes" Honda, Yamaha, etc. Then got my first HD, 2005 Annv Edition FatBoy. Got it in the rare, Smokey Gold Pearl color. We LOVE it. That was actually another one of the things I checked at TV, was that they had a motorcycle group. We want to get a Road King also for longer travels. So that is why the HD golf cart struck me!
Yes, we have been to MB, Orlando, and Daytona for all the different Bike Weeks over the years! Went to my first in Daytona back in 1979!! It is a shame how they want to stop the MB one due to one group of riders.

Army Guy

[Sonny Craven]

Just read your post, mitchbr47, and wish to make a minor correction...

EZ GO golf carts, a Division of Textron. are made in Augusta, Georgia, my adopted hometown since boyhood. The assembly plant is on Washington Road.

[Jim 9922]

Harley made a 3 wheel cart in the 70's which was junk. Par Car bought out the brand but anything that resembles the orginal is long gone and you probably would not want it anyway. I don't know why Par Car even admits to its long gone prior ownership.
As an aside, Par Car makes a gas cart but the local dealer does not want to stock them. I think the motors are Briggs or something just as poor.

[GatbTester]

I agree, buy American made if at all possible. Purchasing almost anything that has TV behind it will always cost more than anywhere else. From Mortgages to Golf Carts you name it......TV assures it costs more.

[Sonny Craven]

Originally Posted by mitchbr47

EZ Go golf carts are made in the Carolinas. They are made by Textron, traded on the NYSE. Tis a reason why we didn't buy a Yamaha or Par Car.

EZ Go has been made in Augusta, Georgia since I was a teenager..beginning on what became Bobby Jones Highway extension and later moving to Martinez. Textron bought them year ago. Maybe Club Car is what you had in miond. I heard two brother who started EZ Go split and the other started Club Car.

I just bought the 2009 model..great motor, nice styling. Guess it also had to do with hometown loyalty and reliability.

[Muncle]

The Villages Golf Carts, aka, the Yamaha dealer, has evidently worked out a deal with Yesteryear Karts to market their upgrades. I modified my 2005 Yamaha to a Yesteryear truck model and love it. It's fairly reasonably priced and pretty quick. 3 weeks after my order, I turned my cart in for a week. It came back complete. Pretty sure they do EZ Gos, Par Cars, and others as well as Yamahas.

Don't know if there is or will be any $$$ difference between TV stores and the Yesteryear store in the Best Buy shopping center, but I can't see why there should be.

[jjdees]

I may be wrong, but I believe Club Car is also built in Augusta.