[jimkerr]

The one in Collier was left outside and even had golf clubs left out in the cart. People are just asking for trouble when they leave their carts outside overnight.

[Sunflower1]

I know it is a long way away, but I see people from Lakeside Landing drive illegally on Rainey Trail and entering from Lynnhaven Lane or from behind the drug rehab place. Yes, best to keep your golf cart secured at night.

[xcaligirl]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

That's why I would leave my CAR out and CART in if we didn't have a 2 car garage. Stealing a cart is like shoplifting a paperback book (if they still existed). Leaving a cart out overnight is like saying "come take me" if someone is "shopping" the neighborhood.

We have what they call a 1 and a half car garage. There are 2 carts and an SUV in the garage, it's tight but they fit! If I had to leave a cart out, I'd sell it first! I did have a Fiat that couldn't be put in the garage with 2 carts however during hurricane season, a snowbird let us put one cart in their garage. My husvand was able to get the SUV plus the one golf cart and the Fiat in the garage. (I was shocked...)

[joelfmi]

where is the gated community advertised.

[bark4me]

I strongly suggest to everyone to have a GPS tracker installed on your golf cart. There's a company called Waresafe.com that sell GPS trackers for your car, motorcycle, golf cart and RVs

[Larchap49]

Originally Posted by Djean1981

You would think that the carts would be spotted in Craigslist or Offer Up..? Unless, they are getting them out of the area..

They more than likely strip them and sell the parts. Much easier than trying to sell a stolen cart that is identifiable by a number

[Michael G.]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Time for one of those "anti-theft devices" such as the one in the original Robocop movie.

Or get the trunk monkey with a tire iron........LOL

[Keefelane66]

Originally Posted by Sunflower1

I know it is a long way away, but I see people from Lakeside Landing drive illegally on Rainey Trail and entering from Lynnhaven Lane or from behind the drug rehab place. Yes, best to keep your golf cart secured at night.

You are WRONG it's not a drug treatment facility: Select Specialty Hospital – The Villages is a 40-bed free-standing critical illness recovery hospital located within The Villages retirement community. We specialize in helping critically ill patients breathe, speak, eat, walk and think as independently as possible.
My wife spent some time their after surgery for physical therapy!

[mbene]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Or get the trunk monkey with a tire iron........LOL

Trunk monkey, funny commercials. Some of them are on YouTube.

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by midiwiz

airtags are bluetooth, has to be gps bluetooth range is at best 25-50 feet depending on environment

Originally Posted by midiwiz

and never find the cart

You evidently don't understand how airtags work. ANY IPHONE (or iPad or Apple laptop), NOT JUST THE AIR TAG OWNERS IPHONE, BUT ANY IPHONE, that passes it within the 0-30+ foot range will send the location to the cloud and it can be found with FIND MY. Of course if the thieves put it in a garage and either strip it for parts or NEVER take it out on the road you would be right unless a friend visits the thieves home with an iPhone on him or her.. ANY Apple device that goes near it will send it's location and there are billions of Apple Devices around the world. As I mentioned in another thread I have one on my cart and can 90% of the time see exactly where it is at any time because there are multitudes of iPhones everywhere. If there is no Iphone passing it for 2 miles eventually one will at mile 3. Yes, if there wasn't any iPhone that ever passed within up to 30 feet of it you'd be right but those chances are quite low out in the public (shhhhh, don't tell my wife .... just kidding, she's aware of it). Of course one won't be able to track their pet cockroach or rabbit on their property unless it runs out into the street where people are carrying iPhones. The range on AirTags is functionally infinite as long as there's someone with an iPhone nearby.

Some "pros and cons": Apple AirTags are being used to track people. Here's what is being done about it : NPR

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by bark4me

I strongly suggest to everyone to have a GPS tracker installed on your golf cart. There's a company called Waresafe.com that sell GPS trackers for your car, motorcycle, golf cart and RVs

It's WHERESAFE not WARESAFE Definitely an option but at $110+ for the device and $110+/year for service a $29 Air Tag may be good enough for a golf cart. Also "The rechargeable battery can last 2 to 6 weeks depending on amount of daily travel." The air tag battery can go 2 years. So far my 2 have lasted over a year.

[TSO/ISPF]

Originally Posted by bark4me

I strongly suggest to everyone to have a GPS tracker installed on your golf cart. There's a company called Waresafe.com that sell GPS trackers for your car, motorcycle, golf cart and RVs

[Caymus]

Curious what people will do if they locate a stolen cart via an airtag. Most likely it was stolen by a heavily armed meth head. Will police respond based on an airtag?

[HORNET]

All they have to do is make all golf cart shops pay a fine when ever a cart is stolen. When we lived in Vegas, power cables were stolen from large freeway lights, Clark County assessed every scrap dealer in Clark County a share of the amount stolen. Took 3 months and it ended!

[DARFAP]

There are such things as cart chop shops as well. They busted one in Fruitland Park a few years ago. Preferred cart is Yamaha for parts. Drug dealers...