Mileage on Used Cart purchase
 

Will be looking for a used GAS CART in September.
I'd like to budget about $ 9,000. What mileage can I expect (or how many hours) should I expect a used cart in this budget to have ?

Thank. you. :bigbow:

Looks like I was not specific on my question. ONLY ASKING ABOUT MILES Maybe I should phrase something like..... How many miles are good for a used cart. 500 ? 3000? More? (I dont know how many miles a cart can be driven till dead)

Brand
 

If it’s a Yamaha, it probably won’t be a quiet tech. Likely a 2020 model or earlier? It depends of course on additions, rain curtains etc.

as few as possible:

find friends
check out their engine appearances, how they drive
check out a brand new cart engine appearances, test drive

continue until you get a feel for the differences in age.

now go shopping. .
test drive, feel quality of acceleration, responsiveness of steering and braking. .

purchase

Yamaha came out with the Quiet Tech in 2017. My 2019 Yamaha is a Quiet Tech Drive2.

A quick look on the classifieds portion of this site it looks like $9,000 could get a 2018-2021 Yamaha.

Or if you find a used cart you like one can consider using one of the cart repair guys to do a look over for a reasonable fee.

Oooooooooooooooo, there you go again with facts.

I know a Yamaha quiettech 2018 that just came on the market. 300 hours. 4 seater. Fancy seats. Bells and whistles for 10,900. Reference price for OP

Outstanding
 

Hopefully it works out that way for the OP :)

New carts are running around 15-18 k depending on accessories, sunbrella covers, lights, seats etc. I didn’t know quiet techs were made in 2017. They do have the name, but they aren’t as quiet lol! They do seem louder than the later models. Perhaps they have improved quite a bit in construction on models made from 2022 on. Looking on line it appears the mufflers were done differently and there have been improvements in sound proofing. True name, but not the same product.

Certainly avoid the older 2017 rear clutch style too. The six bolt is a lot better than the 2017 4 bolt clutch wheel.

You are correct about the name, but not about the actucart and all the improvements that have evolved. I certainly would consider the year a cart was made and not just the hours or miles on It.

You can usually find slightly older Quiet techs for $9000 or less if you're looking to buy outside of snowbird season. 2017 and newer are Quiet tech. There's no major technological difference between a 2017 Quiet tech and a new one. I would many look at mileage and condition.

One of the biggest considerations is what add-ons does it come with. Our used cart came with Sunbrella, upgraded dash, upgraded wheels and a bunch of other goodies that would've easily added $2000 to the price of the cart.

Seems nobody talked about milage. My 2013 FI Yamaha cart get around 42 MPG.

Where were you a month ago. I sold my 2017 Yamaha Quiet Tech, I had it listed for $8900 and sold it for $7350. It had 495 hours on it and roughly 6000 miles. These carts are out there. Just look closely. FB Marketplace seems to be a great source. Good luck, I hope you find what you are looking for. One suggestion, if you buy from some dealers, their carts are "fleet vehicles from a golf course and remanufactured" and to make them legal in The Villages, the transmission is changed from a low speed to a high speed. It's not a bad thing, and you may get a better deal, but also think about all those videos you have watched of some ding-a-ling doing crazy things on a golf course, it could be the one you buy and you will never know.

9 grand will get you an abused, worn-out golf cart .. What you need to
do is get away from the Villages, and make your deal... Almost every Golf Cart Dealer delivers carts for free. Ocala is a good place to start...Yamaha is the only way to go...

Differences
 

Actually there are some major changes as far as engine, the air flow carb and spark arrestor. The 2017 PTV Quietech only has an 8.9 HP motor where subsequent models have the 12.29 HP. The new airflow carb is different too. However, you can adjust that governor for a speed of almost 25 mph on the older model. But yes, most 17 ‘s have been driven to death.

make sure to get self cancelling turn signals and seat belts.

Just for a point of reference, we just sold a 2020 Yamaha 2 seater with all the standard Villages equipment for $12,500. It had about 4,000 miles on it. Hope that helps.