How long do you keep your golf car before trading?
 

I’m ordering my golf car today and getting an extended warranty. I’m thinking about 4 years, anticipating a desire to trade then.

I got a "refurbished " one when we got here in 2013. It's a golf cart. As long as it runs and looks OK and nothing is broken or torn, I'll keep it.

Assuming a gas golf cart? Lithium carts have a 15 year battery warrenty? Either way, no

If it starts and runs with little to no costly repairs, it stays in the family
 

Just like my cars, I won't even think of trading my current cart until it can no longer be kept in service without high repair bills - like having to replace the engine/gear box kind of repairs. No need to trade for a newer cart just because it might gain some gray showing in the chin whiskers. Routine maintenance checks are pretty cheap payment plans.

Lithium cart. From the responses, people do keep theirs for longer than I expected. Maybe I should plan on the same.

We have both a lithium electric and gas golf carts and plan (hope?) that we'll never buy another. Replacing either the battery or the engine/trans would cost a fraction of a new one. Ours are 2-3 years old and still look new.

We bought a Gas powered Yesterday Kart in 2007. Cart was made with a refurbished 2004 Club Car chassis and engine. Style is like a 1930's Ford Pickup. Kart runs as good as new. We have it serviced once per year. On our 4th set of tires, just put in a new battery (3rd one). Top speed adjusted once from 18 MPH to 20 MPH. Misc. parts like bushings, light bulbs, floor mat. One time replacement of seat covers and Sunbrella top. Still gets thumbs up.

We have two gas Yamahas (2014 and 2022) and a 2015 gas club car. All run just as good as the day we bought them (actually they run better after some modifications) and the plan is to keep them until we’re gone and our daughter has to deal with our estate. With proper maintenance, they should easily last our lifetimes. The 2014 Yamaha EFI is my favorite, I just wish it had the independent rear suspension that the newer Quiet techs have.

If you’re getting a Yamaha - dont get the extended warranty. I’ve had both mine for 4 years and had one snap need to be replaced. No other problems.
I would guess I’ll get 10 years out of it with minimal problems.

Well maintained...................20 years.

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Or you could wait until you actually move in here. I know you're excited about your move, but I promise you won't be required to have a golf cart the minute you open your front door.

Maybe not required, but nice. We bought our first cart while we were renting, right after we satisfied the contingencies on the purchase and sale contract for our future Villages home. We had to store it in our snowflake friend’s garage for a few weeks between when our rental expired and when we flew back down to close on the home. It was really nice to drive our golf cart to the final walkthrough of our home and then to the closing.

Indeed we are excited, and still confident that we will utilize at least one cart for the lifestyle. Ordered a 205 ah (10 kWh) lithium 4 forward cart. This facilitates adding a convenient removable cargo container in front of the back seat. Looking forward to adding farkles. 4 year extended warranty, which includes pick up & delivery, or in garage service. 36 month, 0% interest, allows keeping my cash earning. I tend to keep vehicles until the upkeep exceeds tolerance. 1,000,000 miles on one past auto.

Bottom line is spending to get everything just right for our TV purchase. Even met with a decorator, for the first time ever.

As long as I can. Just do annual Maintenace.

Same philosophy here, we've always had gas carts, even before retirement, so no experience with electric, but we've never traded before 12 years (got a lot of hard use when the boys were all growing up and playing nearly daily), but we JUST traded 2 mos. ago for a new gas Club car and the one we traded was 15 and still running very well, all upholstering in perfect condition, but the enclosure and zippers were not worth the repair cost, so just traded in.