Number of Golf Carts
 

Just curious as to an estimate of the number of golf carts (lsv's,ptv's etc.) owned by Villagers? Obviously, not every household owns a cart and some households have multiple carts.

Thanks! Lark

From September 2011, Homeowners "The Voice"

Golf Car Often Vehicle of Choice



The Villages’ design as a self-contained retirement community with complete golf cart access has many Villagers participating in activities all week long without using their automobiles for days at a time. Golf carts are not just convenient and practical - Villagers are enjoying the ride. In a recent survey, the average is about 1.1 golf carts per household so there are conservatively about 50,000 golf carts in operation in The Villages. An old, used golf cart might be obtained for around $1000, while an exotic tricked out new designer golf cart could cost over $18,000. Villagers’ desire for that perfect ride has spawned a cottage industry with literally dozens of golf carts dealers, resellers, suppliers, maintenance shops and modifiers. The convenience of a golf cart is matched by its affordability in operation. The May issue of The Villages Voice did a gas vs. electric golf cart piece where the average cost of operation of each cart by a typical Villager was about $1 per day.

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Somewhere I read 50,000 carts live in TV. Not sure how accurate or recent this info is.

Did you read it in post #2 ??

But I think the bigger question is how many electric and gas carts can go over 19 MPH. My estimate is that 75% of the carts can go faster than 19mph (not including street legal carts).

John

The Sunday Morning piece done in May of 2011 said that there were about 50,000 carts and only 16,000 golfers.

Lark7:

There's a figure in the current Villages Voice (delivered with today's Daily Sun of 54,000 golf carts. I've heard at least 51,00 recently, but I'm not sure anyone has a real count, since they're not registered in any way.

I have also heard that the average Villages home has 1.2 golf carts!

SWR
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And a minimum of one case of beer at all times!:coolsmiley:

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