stolen golf cart
 

Our fitness instructor found that her cart was stolen last Sat. parked by the door at Laurel Manor in the morning. They also tried to steal my friend's cart but broke the key off in the ignition. This Sat. the instructor still does not have her cart, with no leads. She has insurance but there is the deductible and depreciation.

After golf yesterday, we tried our keys in the other Yamahas that were with us and none worked, which is good. I wonder if there is a skeleton key that these scum bags use.

I guess we need to keep an eye out for any unusual behavior. The police told the instructor that it would be a good idea to take pics of our carts on all sides and the interior.

Put a hidden kill switch to stop these kinds of crooks

I lock my cart 100% of the time with this....

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They will need a torch or a heavy duty bolt cutter to steal my cart.

For as long as I can remember, there have been golf cart thefts in The Villages. When we stop after playing golf, we try to leave ours in a spot where we can keep an eye on it.

No doubt about The Club being a solid deterrent - for cars OR carts! There are also a bunch of low-cost (Under $200) GPS-type locator devices out there you could check out (Lo-Jack and others). Small add-on to a fairly major cost item like a golf cart.

I don't know if there are any statistics kept on stolen golf carts in The Villages It does happen and it pays to be diligent ----sometimes they are found.

OP, thanks for reporting this theft. I've been told that it is fairly easy to do if you know what you are doing.

Does this work on all years of carts? We have a Yamaha. And where do you buy such item. Sounds like this is a problem.

Do you mean an attachment on a golf cart that allows it to be traced?

I read somewhere that there are about 15 different key cuts for the Yahamas. I would guess that is about the same for the other brands.

Since the carts are not registered, unless street legal, they are hard to find if they go astray.

I wish that when we pay our trial fees we were given a sticker to identify our cart as paid. It could be kind of an internal registration system for The Villages. (Of course a sticker could be peeled off etc.) But some type of registration system would be a good idea.

The problem with the kill switch is that the thieves know about them, so not much of a deterrent. We just ordered "clubs" for our carts.

Yeah, just like LoJack. There are other brands out there that work the same or even better. See the link for one exampl .

Vehicle Recovery | Anti Theft Device | Anti Theft System

Thanks for the link, an interesting option.

Sounds like an easy solution that is sold in walmart. click here

I found a motorcycle mini gps tracker on eBay for $15.00
Hot Mini Vehicle Bike Motorcycle GPS GSM GPRS Real Time Tracker Monitor Tracking | eBay

I ordered it off the internet. The end that goes around the brake pedal doesn't fit my pedal, so I use a heavy piece of chain around the pedal and hook the club to the chain. The complicated looking end goes through the steering wheel.

In the past there have been some instances of stolen golf carts. One was a villager's son who was taking them apart and selling the parts. One was a guy who lived in a nearby trailer park and they caught him.

I have left my cart with the key in it accidentally, always have a couple of decent golf gloves and jackets in it, often parked it with clubs untethered. Never had anything taken.

So I am assuming there is a new jerk who should get a real job who may be on the prowl. Wonder if they have cameras at Laurel Manor, I doubt it.

I was there at the same time, Helene and I take a Ceramic Class there every Saturday morning. Hope they reported it stolen right away.

THEY WILL GET HIM...or her. We have some awesome law enforcement around here.

Buyer beware!!
 

Uber: Better take care with units like this! Ships from Hong Kong; sketchy install instructions; only works with GSM network (via SIM card) not GPS; less than raving customer reviews & videos. At $15 it might just be one of those "too good to be true", or worth it, items. To me, Lojack is the standard, so anything else needs to work at least as well as that product, via GPS, or better to get any consideration. Any package that comes in at $250 or so, or less, on an annual basis for the device plus any service costs is probably what I'll go with.

From all the locations mentioned they are using a trailer to put them on. All they need to do is take the brake off and push it onto the trailer.

They also need to be able to steer it.

keys for golf carts
 

here is a place you can purchase keys for any cart
BlockBuster Golf Cart Parts, Golf Carts For Sale & Their Accessories - KEY SWITCHES & KEYS

and you wonder where the thieves get there keys

Dear bad guy, if you want to get into a new business, here is all the info you need. Thanks DP! :confused:

The club can be easily defeated….just cut the steering wheel with a hack saw blade and it’s gone. Takes about 10 seconds. Better try a hidden kill switch.

What kind of cart do you have. Just ordered from Internet, hope it fits

Good insurance and enjoy life without all the worry.

Our Club Car has a 4 digit code needed to start with the key in.

Still wouldn't stop someone rolling it onto a trailer though.

Our carts are insured......:)

Where can I buy one of those bars?

They hot wire it

Everyone start using a steering wheel lock or tire boot and it will be there when u return.

Where does a person find a steering wheel lock?

I have a lockable golf cart wheel boot that I bought extra when I got one for my wife's cart; I decided not to get me a cart for awhile. $30. PM me if anyone is interested.

There are thousands of keys for Yamaha and Club Car. Check your Yamaha key,if it is the 8000 key that's the universal one, have it changed! I am not sure about the club car number for the universal.

Being somewhat cynical, I really do not think it is necessary to buy a golg cart locking device.

If you are parked where there are many other carts and have taken your key with you, a thief just has to look at the carts and will find at least one that the owner has left the key in the cart. He will steal that cart.

Also, by playing the odds you can be mighty sure your cart will not be stolen if you take the key with you. Out of all the carts, it is a very slim chance yours will be one of the very, very few taken by a thief.

Yes, a cart may be taken once in a great while but The Villages is probably the very safest place and most crime free place you can find.

Of course, wherever you live, take normal precautions regarding personal and property safety.

our instructor had hers stolen while parked by the front door of Laurel Manor, no the keys were not in it. They also tried to steal a friend's cart but broke their key off in the ignition.

I guess if you see a cart being loaded on a truck you should try and get the license plate number, take a picture and call 911. Have to make the Villages an unfriendly place for golf cart thefts.

Wouldn't there be surveillance video at the squares and all the gates? Maybe some volunteers could review all the tapes and pass on questionable activity to the sheriff.

That looks like a neat gadget. How is it installed?

Amazon.com has them.

Has anyone though about a security system like on a car.
We have both of are carts with them on it, including a start kill systems that will not let them go anywhere when armed.
Also you can have shock sensors put on them so if someone sits on it or hits the cart the alarm will go off.
Just some FYI