What do do when Golf Cart Breaks Down?

[McP1605]

Hey all: I am moving to TV soon. I have already purchased a golf cart. I will be living alone and know almost no one in the villages yet. I don't have any idea what I will do if my golf cart breaks down five miles from my house? As independent as I like to think I am, I don't think I could push that bad boy all the way back home. Have you had your golf cart break down away from home? What did you do? THANKS!

[Barefoot]

Hey all: I am moving to TV soon. I have already purchased a golf cart. I will be living alone and know almost no one in the villages yet. I don't have any idea what I will do if my golf cart breaks down five miles from my house? As independent as I like to think I am, I don't think I could push that bad boy all the way back home. Have you had your golf cart break down away from home? What did you do? THANKS!
There are emergency service plans you can purchase, sort of like AAA for golf carts. Or you can wait for a friendly Villager to offer help. Or you can buy a super reliable cart ( in my case a Columbia Par Car, no break downs in six years)..

[Bogie Shooter]

A $5 tow rope can come in handy.

[Patty55]

**** Aide, it's like AAA for golf carts. You pay yearly, they come get you. I had to use it once, they have a little trailer, you get in their car and they drive you and your cart home.

[graciegirl]

Get out of it, kick the tire hard and swear.

Then call a neighbor or spouse or ME to pick you up, go home, list the electric car for sale and buy a new gas Yamaha.

[Patty55]

Whoa, **** is a bad word? Let's try .k.a.r.t.

[njbchbum]

cart with a k aide dot com is one of those services used by many in the villages - check out their webpage.
http://****aide.com/

am not affiliated with the business - I don't even drive a golf cart - often, anyway! ;)

[ajbrown]

Get out of it, kick the tire hard and swear.

Then call a neighbor or spouse or ME to pick you up, go home, list the electric car for sale and buy a new gas Yamaha.

Gracie, Gracie, Gracie.......:ohdear:

[karostay]

Get out of it, kick the tire hard and swear.

Then call a neighbor or spouse or ME to pick you up, go home, list the electric car for sale and buy a new gas Yamaha.

:bigbow::gc:

[villager99]

there are a few AAA subscription type road service companies for golf carts in the villages. I use 24/7 **** aide. my batteries died on the way back from brownwood one day and a quick call to 24/7 **** aide brought their tow and service truck to me within 20 minutes. they delivered me at my cart back to my house. where I recharged my batteries and learned the hard way that it was time for new batteries. but a call to battery boys had that under control within a day.

I should also note that many fellow villagers stopped to offer assistance as I sat in my cart. years earlier before I subscribed to **** aide I recall another breakdown where a kind stranger pushed my cart out of a tunnel to a safe place. I was close to home so the kind stranger drove me and my bundles home and I then called one of the village golf cart stores to pick up my cart and service/repair it at their facility. keep your cart well maintained carry a cell phone and list of cart service companies numbers on hand and you should feel safe in the villages. I do.

[jnieman]

We have a gas cart and love it, however you do have to keep gas in them. My hubby as kind as he is has rescued 4 different carts in the past 6 weeks after they ran out of gas in the Colony/Hadley area. We keep our gas can full in the garage for such things. Villagers are very helpful if they see you broken down but will not always offer to tow you being that some people think it will hurt their cart to put that strain on it. I personally don't know whether it would or not.

[Patty55]

**** aide will also bring you gas. When I broke down I had a wire come loose.

[Rickg]

**** aide will also bring you gas. When I broke down I had a wire come loose.

Loose wire? In the cart I assume.

[Cedwards38]

American Golf Cart Association provides this pick up service too. Get information from The Villages Golf Cart stores.

[Parker]

Loose wires, dead batteries, out of gas. Geez, sounds like me. Hubby kicks my tires and tows me home for repairs. Warranty ran out ages ago.

[Cobh521]

I would like to thank the gentleman on Cane Garden golf course who helped me out today when I ran out of gas on the course. I did check my gage before I left home this morning, however, after running out of gas, I realized that the gage was broken. We do, however have a plan like AAA for our golf cart.

[Carl in Tampa]

Get out of it, kick the tire hard and swear.

Then call a neighbor or spouse or ME to pick you up, go home, list the electric car for sale and buy a new gas Yamaha.

:agree::agree::agree:

I have never driven past a stopped golf cart along the trails. I always stop and offer help if needed. When I first arrived here and had an electric cart that came with the purchase of the house I did once require a push to get up the hill outside of a tunnel. The first person who came along gave me a push.

I quickly traded the electric in on a Yamaha gas cart. :gc:

[GatorFan]

Allstate's Motor Club includes golf carts.

[Villager Audio Video]

I usually pull over to answer phone calls, emails or when I pull an address on GPS. 90% of the carts that ride past stop and ask if evething is ok. I couldn't imagine being stranded for more than 2 minutes in the villages. Have no fear for this is "America's friendliest hometown"

[Yung Dum]

A $5 tow rope can come in handy.

That's a great idea. Thanks!

[Topspinmo]

really no different then vehicles you owned? Buy two? Take class on repair or preventive maintenance?. General servicing and preventive maintenance skills can go along ways.. Like checking water level in batteries, knowing where to check the oil and how much to put in if and when it's low. Checking the gas before long trips or routinely through the week or month depending on how much you use the cart. Knowing how to check air pressure in the tires and knowing what the proper air pressure should be. Last, get feel of normal operations and sounds so you know when something sounds or feels wrong before it breaks. You know all this stuff that someone else use to do?