[Bilyclub]

Originally Posted by BlueHeronFan

Here is the quiet little secret. The Villages Golf Carts rent Golf Carts. A friend of my wife told her that her family does this all the time.

Here's what's not a secret. The Villages Golf Cars has very few golf carts to rent due to various issues that have been posted on TOTV. What ones they do have are reserved months in advance.

[ChicagoNative]

Originally Posted by LateBoomer

twice now I've seen something that looks like a red Smart Car on the golf cart paths. that can't be allowed...?

That could’ve been me. We have an Atomic 4 seater that at first glance does look like a Smart Car. I’ve gotten plenty of looks from others on the path, but so far no one has yelled or given any obscene gestures. My neighbor with a similar blue Atomic has experienced more of the unfriendly side of the friendliest hometown when he’s been out. I’ve started to see more Atomics on the paths, and we do stand out from the 99% that are Yamahas or Clubs. We’re not illegal, we’re just new and different.

Also, after another nasty letter in the paper about “outsiders” using the paths, a neighbor called a Villages district office and spoke to someone named Jennifer Farlow. Ms. Farlow stated that all the paths, including the MMP are public. It seems to me that the Villages gets what the Villages wants. If they wanted to stop”outsiders”, I believe they could, but I just don’t think this is a fight they want to take on, especially since people using the paths are spending money in Villages establishments. It’s also interesting to see this subject has been occasionally faring up since at least 2010, and will likely continue to do so.

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by ChicagoNative

That could’ve been me. We have an Atomic 4 seater that at first glance does look like a Smart Car. I’ve gotten plenty of looks from others on the path, but so far no one has yelled or given any obscene gestures. My neighbor with a similar blue Atomic has experienced more of the unfriendly side of the friendliest hometown when he’s been out. I’ve started to see more Atomics on the paths, and we do stand out from the 99% that are Yamahas or Clubs. We’re not illegal, we’re just new and different.

Also, after another nasty letter in the paper about “outsiders” using the paths, a neighbor called a Villages district office and spoke to someone named Jennifer Farlow. Ms. Farlow stated that all the paths, including the MMP are public. It seems to me that the Villages gets what the Villages wants. If they wanted to stop”outsiders”, I believe they could, but I just don’t think this is a fight they want to take on, especially since people using the paths are spending money in Villages establishments. It’s also interesting to see this subject has been occasionally faring up since at least 2010, and will likely continue to do so.

And I suspect, in the 80,000+ carts here, outsiders are a very small group. I also think it's a VCDD issue since they are responsible for the MMP and not the Developer or District. Not even sure how you would enforce since the County owns the roads and access.

[Number 10 GI]

I seriously there are very many non-villagers who are going to buy a golf cart just to drive on our MMPs.

[Dana1963]

Originally Posted by ribil

On the cover page of today’s issue of The Daily Sun’s “Sound Clips”, there is an ad for Densan Park in Oxford. The ad states “Use a street legal golf cart to be in The Villages Community tunnels in a half a mile”. Our golf cart paths and tunnels were constructed and are maintained using our amenities fees and, as far as I know, are not public roads. We already know that “outsiders” frequent our pools without being checked; And we all remember our fiasco with the Stonecrest gate. So why do we pay all this extra cost to live in The Villages???

Wait till all the apartments that will be built then we’ll here some btching

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by ribil

On the cover page of today’s issue of The Daily Sun’s “Sound Clips”, there is an ad for Densan Park in Oxford. The ad states “Use a street legal golf cart to be in The Villages Community tunnels in a half a mile”. Our golf cart paths and tunnels were constructed and are maintained using our amenities fees and, as far as I know, are not public roads. We already know that “outsiders” frequent our pools without being checked; And we all remember our fiasco with the Stonecrest gate. So why do we pay all this extra cost to live in The Villages???

What extra cost if that's a big thing for you then yeah, maybe there are other places that would match your sensibilities but why ask a question without a recommendation?

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by Dana1963

Wait till all the apartments that will be built then we’ll here some btching

Apartments development may be scaling back. So non issue there

[Bilyclub]

Originally Posted by asianthree

Apartments development may be scaling back. So non issue there

There is no slowdown of apartments being built on the outside perimeter of TV.

[NavyNJ]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

Rules of the road

Golf Cart Requirements | The Villages Florida

And

Multi-Modal Path Information and Safety

I found nothing related to LSV's being restricted from Multi-Modal Paths in any of those references.