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GoneFishing 11-19-2022 10:05 AM

My experience with VDC has been very good. If I’ve had problems, they were quick to fix under warranty. Never had a problem getting in contact with them.

kendi 11-19-2022 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Black Beauty (Post 2158510)
We own a year and a half old Yamaha golf cart we bought new here. The cart started making noises and I called them to come service. BUT that'd take close to 2 weeks wait time. So we paid to have it hauled in. The secondary clutch had gone out and was not covered by warranty..'wearable item' they said. So they have our cart for 8 days, no loaner, and delivered it covered in MUD! It was also left out in the storm! If you call service I hope you get through...no more! $700+ to fix!

Villages discount does not sell new golf cars. Only refurbished. We’ve only had professional quality service from them.

rickaslin 11-19-2022 11:06 AM

Tire change
 
[Can Willie's put a new tire on.my cart at my home ?

Pachine58 11-19-2022 11:37 AM

Pretty common for secondary clutch to go out in the Yamaha gas 2016 and up. Bad design. Next time call the golf cart guy, he comes to your house and has it fixed in 30 min for half the cost.

DaleDivine 11-19-2022 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by rickaslin (Post 2158956)
[Can Willie's put a new tire on.my cart at my home ?

YES he can...:welcome:

DaleDivine 11-19-2022 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Pachine58 (Post 2158975)
Pretty common for secondary clutch to go out in the Yamaha gas 2016 and up. Bad design. Next time call the golf cart guy, he comes to your house and has it fixed in 30 min for half the cost.

2015 up. My secondary clutch went out and they finally put a "High Performance" clutch in... Covered by warranty...

DaleDivine 11-19-2022 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mikreb (Post 2158794)
Bought new Yamaha from Villages Golf Carts, it's 2 years old, secondary clutch went out. VGC replaced under warranty -- no charge even replaced the drive belt. Had it back the next day.

Exact same thing happened to me with my 2015 Yamaha. But I had to pay for a new belt.
:thumbup::thumbup:

lawgolfer 11-19-2022 03:40 PM

Country Power in Webster
 
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Originally Posted by mikreb (Post 2158794)
Bought new Yamaha from Villages Golf Carts, it's 2 years old, secondary clutch went out. VGC replaced under warranty -- no charge even replaced the drive belt. Had it back the next day.

Anyone considering the purchase of a new Yamaha should get a quote from Country Power. We got a new Yamaha with all the bells and whistles at the same price as a refurbished cart from Village Discount, and several thousands less than the quote for a new one from Village Carts. The cart is delivered to you, and when service is required, they send a technician to your house. As a plus, it's a nice drive to Webster to look at their inventory, they have a neat store in an old warehouse, and the saleslady is a nice person.

gbennethum 11-20-2022 08:06 AM

Discount carts do not sell new carts they are all refurbished, always good to have cart towing plan,several are available in the village’s,as far as loaners when cart is in for service The Villages Carts is good.

Rodneysblue 11-20-2022 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 2158566)
We bought our used Yamaha cart from Village Discount Golf Cars and have had no problems with it, or with the service we receive from them. We get service from them every six months: the “cartiologist” comes to our house and does the service right there, oil change every time plus he checks it over to see if it needs anything else. Pretty happy with them; I’d buy from them again.

Same here, we bought from them in 2020. No problem.

Bruce3055 11-20-2022 11:59 AM

I bought my cart from the discount golf place. I am happy with the price, but another area they save money is in service. They didn't notify my of a warranty service issue. And when one of the side snaps broke, they couldn't give or sell me a replacement snap.

So it is buyer beware. There are other Yamaha dealers around that offer reasonalbe deals.

kkingston57 11-20-2022 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by lawgolfer (Post 2159064)
Anyone considering the purchase of a new Yamaha should get a quote from Country Power. We got a new Yamaha with all the bells and whistles at the same price as a refurbished cart from Village Discount, and several thousands less than the quote for a new one from Village Carts. The cart is delivered to you, and when service is required, they send a technician to your house. As a plus, it's a nice drive to Webster to look at their inventory, they have a neat store in an old warehouse, and the saleslady is a nice person.

Agree and we paid 2K less than Village Carts. I ? Village Discount carts. They claim that they re furbish slightly used golf carts. Why are there so many slightly used golf carts out there that can be re furbished and sold?

Marathon Man 11-20-2022 04:36 PM

Also purchased a 2022 from VDC. No issues. And he was upfront about the fact that it was not a from-the-factory-new cart.

GpaVader 11-21-2022 08:04 AM

The correct answer is that VDGC doesn't sell NEW Yamaha's, they do sell other NEW carts though. We bought a new Evolution and had two issues, both were dealt with quickly and efficiently. One of the two issues was self-induced, and they didn't charge anything even though they came and got it and brought it back. It this point I have to say that they have done everything I would expect someone to do. And the product has performed to what they told me to expect.

Papa_lecki 11-21-2022 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by kkingston57 (Post 2159316)
Agree and we paid 2K less than Village Carts. I ? Village Discount carts. They claim that they re furbish slightly used golf carts. Why are there so many slightly used golf carts out there that can be re furbished and sold?

Sometimes Yamaha will send new carts to a PGA event, when they get them back, they can not be sold new. I would guess these “refurbished” carts are in pretty good shape and are a steal from VDGC

Some country clubs lease their carts from a Yamaha dealer. Could be a 1 year lease, 2 year, 3 year.
When these carts are returned ot Yamaha, they become refurbished. These are more of a crap shoot, some would be fine, some are probably pretty worn out.


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