Insight on Current Market for Buying a New Yamaha Golf Cart
 

What’s the market like now for buying a New Yamaha Drive 2?
Is there still a wait when ordered?
Have prices gone up since April?
Price range with common upgrades?
Any Projected Price Increase on the horizon ?

Spoke to Villages Gof Cars rep in early May. They were taking refundable deposits for early September delivery. We talked about price - with moderate seat upgrade, self cancelling signals, made to order rain coverings, dash and sidelights (I think that’s everything) they were talking about $16K if I recall correctly. Mid to high $13’s to start.

Edit to correct: just under $17K with tax.

We ordered a 2023 QuieTech from Carts and Clubs last week. Several extras including El Tigre bucket seats, overhead fan , etc. We were told it could possibly be November before arriving. One can expect to pay 14-16K .

Spoke to a dealer up north because I am thinking of buying one and tricking it out in my garage up there where I have lots of tools and room, then trailering it down to our Villages home. Fleet carts (the very basic ones they sell to golf courses) are readily available but they don’t come with the high speed gears needed for transportation in the Villages. The PTV (personal transportation vehicle) model, which comes with high speed gears and a very basic lighting package, are not currently available and are back ordered about 5 months out. A basic gas PTV is about $8,200 before taxes and Yamaha typically holds the price constant until the next years model comes out, when the price will almost certainly go up. I have done a lot of research and figure for about another 4 thousand I can trick out the cart as good or better than a new one from the Villages Golf Carts and for about 6 grand I could trick it out with everything I could possibly ever want. Of course, that would require a fair amount of labor on my part, but I enjoy a good project.

Trick Out a Golf Cart?? All that work and transporting to save a couple of thousand?? Let's not forget it's a Golf Cart used for getting you from point A to point B. Sure, upgrade tires and wheels, Sunbrella Fabric for those rainy days, Speedometer is a great upgrade, canceling signal lights, LED head lights, seat belts, upgraded seats for comfort, all good. Are you entering your Golf Cart in a Show. Too many people go crazy with their Golf Cart Upgrades only too find out later they didn't need half the upgrades and wasted a lot of money. Just My Opinion

Is he spending your money?

I wish I'd spent the jack for the better seats. Speedometers are not expensive, but since mine broke I realized I don't need it. I used the phone app to measure my top speed, which is a hair over 20mph. I only use top speed to pass, so I know I'm typically under the limit.

But the seats? Dang, my butt gets sore on those long commutes to Lopez and back, sandwiched around 4 hours of golf. One of these days I'll bite the bullet and spend the 2K for the seats I should have bought originally.

I just ordered mine yesterday and the delivery date is Dec. 21st. There were 3 spots left for that delivery date then it moves to January. Prices have gone up for the 2023s which are essentially the same as 2022s. If you want the top of the line sliding doors, that adds $ 4,000 to the price. So it’s very easy to go over $ 20,000 with a few upgrades and options.

You can still nice seats installed. Seats are one of the 1st things to consider.

Good luck. I have a 2020 from Carts and Clubs and I can tell you their custom wiring jobs fail and they won't cover them under warranty claiming it's an accessory.

As a side note blue lights on non emergency vehicles are illegal. I've seen all kinds of carts on the public way with blue lights, flashing or otherwise. Wildwood could make easy ticket revenue writing up those carts at Brownwood.

I agree, just something to get from A to B. But then, I feel the same way about cars.

My husband and I just moved into our new home in St. Johns and two months previous to that were renting in McClure. Our friend Dave from R.I. now living in St. Catherine is a sales person for Villages Discount Golf Cars, and we headed over one day to this dealership when we were renting to surprise and see Dave about the purchase of a new Yahama Quiet Tech. When we arrived at this dealership we learned Dave was off that day so another sales person assisted us along with him getting Dave on the phone. Front and center in the show room was a new 4 seat Quiet Tech that the back seat flips down to create a cargo area which is exactly the model we wanted. We took this golf cart for a short test drive and then wrote the check to purchase it which minus then $1,000 discount that basically covered the sales tax our cost was for this cart was $19,700. Maybe a high price tag to some, but with only having one car now this justified the price for us. You may want to check this dealership out as they may have what you are looking for in your price range.

Ordered ours from the Villages Golf Carts. With the upgrades, came to around 16k. Was originally going to be June, now pushed back to July. I expect, due t global issues, will be pushed again.

This is not our first cart from them, but thanks for your concern.

There's one for sale on Next Door for $15,500.

You do know Village Discount Carts does not sell new from the Yamaha factory golf carts? Village Discount sells what they call remanufactured Yamaha carts.

Exactly!!!

Have used Country Village in Webster and they have worked with me. Do not know prices but they were 2K less than The Villages in Novemberf 2020(prior to shortage time) They sell brand new carts for the same or close to some dealers around here that sell re furbished carts.

Just had repairs done and they were fantastic. Had very abnormal tire wear and they claim that the carts have alignment issues and Yamaha will not rectify the problem. They made some minor modifications to the front end. Only time will tell if these repairs will prevent future pre mature wearing. Front tires on the cart were angled in and now they are more upright.

Had the same issue on seats. When buying seats and if you use cart mostly for golf, check the side bolstering of the seats. If no or small bolstering on the side of the seat, a golfer can slide out and off of the seat if the cart is on a side hill. Seat does have arm rests which can stop this but who wants to move the arm rest up and down everytime that they get in and out of a cart.

Before ordering the hard doors, try to them out and make sure that you can easily get in and out of the cart. I wanted these doors and I am 6ft 2 inches tall. Need to be a contortionist to get in and out of the cart.

Wow, 5 years ago paid less for a 2015 VW Passat with all of the bells and whistles for the same price. Our 2020 Yamaha with out the described seats was $12, 500 including the governors cut.

Wow, I guess I'm selling my 2021 too cheap at only $11,950.

We're new to TV and just did the golf cart hunting routine.

The Villages Golf Cars -
Base 2023 cart ~$14000
Seat upgrade (adjustable bucket seats) ~$2000
Other misc. add-ons (tray, glovebox, seat belts, etc.) ~$1000
Tax ~$1100
Total out the door $18500 - delivery in October (and I see people in this thread saying delivery for new is now January)

A used 2018 one from The Villages Golf Cars was a base of $12495, the accessories, etc. were the same price. Out the door $15800.

Village Discount started at $16000 for a 2019. (They buy golf carts from golf courses, or that were used on pro tours, recondition them, and add on all the goodies to make them suitable for Villager use.) We got them down to $15000.

My take was that for new, there wasn't much difference in price between The Villages Golf Cars and the other local dealers, and used/reconditioned was within a couple thousand dollars of new.

With The Villages Golf Cars you build a cart from scratch. With some of the other dealers, you take what they have "on the lot". It's up to you whether a fully custom cart is worth a couple grand vs the time to have the new cart delivered.

I had a Curtis Cab, key word had. The door hinge sticks out some and would frequently hit that getting in the cart. Also they are noisy.

Yes indeed, the cost of everything has certainly increased and more so over the last 2 years since you purchased your golf cart. Good thing you are not looking to purchase a new Passat, but if you were and were fortunate to find one the price for then has also significantly increased since you purchased yours in 2015.

That whole spiel about Village Discount carts being used only a few hours in a pro golf tournament is nonsense. This is was posted elsewhere:
These were leased golf carts that we bought from Yamaha who had leased them to golf courses. Fleet golf carts don’t have hour meters on them. So basically it means nobody knows how many hours they had on them. All I can tell you is we totally refurbish them and put a 5 year warranty on them for your peace of mind.

When we were moving here and ordering a golf cart, I was determined not to buy anything unnecessary for it. Turn signals, roof, roll-down sides and seat belts were about all I felt I needed. When I was told how much the "deluxe" seats cost, I said "No" immediately. I sat in one with basic bench seats and they were certainly good enough. Then the salesman asked me to humor him and just give the deluxe seats a try. I sat in one for about 2 seconds and turned to him and asked, "So, what colors do these seats come in?" It seemed like a frivolous upgrade at first but I am SO glad I bumped up to them. These are separate bucket seats and the driver's side is adjustable forward and backward so we never had to get those stupid blocks you Velcro onto the gas and brake pedals for shorter folks (like my wife) to use. The arm rests are way more comfortable than those hard plastic non-movable arches on the bench seats as well.

I DO wish we had self-cancelling turn signals. I feel like such a stereotypical retiree driving along with my turn signal on when I forget to turn them off (ours don't beep when they are on, which would also drive me nuts).

I simulated a typical in and out pattern when playing golf. No problem. But then I’m old and shrinking.

Don’t know all the answers. We ordered early January 2022 from The Villages Cart at Brownwood and received it mid May. We don’t know about price increases recently. Actual price can vary a lot depending on what you want. We got a 4 seater, with the more expensive rear seats, extended top, seat belts for all seats, self canceling turn signals, overhead storage, additional lighting, dash, upgraded seats with adjustable driver seat. We did not order extra painting, special colors or more deluxe wheels. Price a little under 20K (only slightly less than we paid for a used 2016 Toyota Avalon a few years ago!) Price increases on horizon? - don”t know, but would expect it. Have a vague recollection that model year (and price?) changes in about August, but may be wrong on that. Good luck.

[QUOTE=Aruca;2109385]What’s the market like now for buying a New Yamaha Drive 2?
Is there still a wait when ordered?
Have prices gone up since April?
Price range with common upgrades?
Any Projected Price Increase on the horizon ?[/QUOTE

There is an add today(6/28) with a 65 hour 2022 cart for $14,900. That was the full retail price in 2020.

What’s the market like now for buying a New Yamaha Drive 2? Extremely tight
Is there still a wait when ordered? Yes, 4-5 months
Have prices gone up since April? Yes, as with everything else
Price range with common upgrades? $16,000-$19,000
Any Projected Price Increase on the horizon ? Yes, as with everything else

Common problems:
Frames crack (not under warrantee)
Spark arrester causes problems

Check out Power Equipment in Webster. I got delivery in March, after a 3 month wait on a 2022 Yamaha drive 2 loaded for $13,900. Absolutely the best deal I found.

From a local tech: “Clogged spark arrester, Secondary clutch issues, belt issues, Fuel pumps, broken motor frame have been more than what I would like to see. Have had a couple of ECM failures.”

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He will save more that couple thousand, probably closer to 6 grand?

Well, can’t get hit by Mac truck or run into one and expect no problems. Carts or car some people can’t drive or have clue how to maintain them.

We bought the bullet on the high end seats on our new cart purchase for comfort and my wife now being able to move seat closer to reach pedals

I cannot keep my head understanding inflation. A golf cart is basically a riding lawn mower.
My first car well used, I paid $450 for it. My current car a 2011 Chevy Malibu, we paid 21,000 for it NEW. Our golf cart bought NEW 2013 YAMAHA fuel injected was 9,000. WHAT CAN I SAY BUT OUCH.