[hawthorg]

Very well said. It seems most folks would frown at a gearhead. One other car I have is a 68 Camaro and that's my tinker and sanity hobby car. Most think I need to give that up if I want to live in TV.

[dpmers]

Our neighbor has 4 cars, one collector kept in the oversize 2 car garage with his riding mower etc. 1 car and 1 pickup in the driveway and the last one in the street. We can hardly see to back out of our garage. He is not violating any rules or laws.

[Papa_lecki]

1 car is fine.
Even if you don’t golf, you can get to most activities via golf cart, car is to get off campus for dinner and maybe groceries.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by hawthorg

Very well said. It seems most folks would frown at a gearhead. One other car I have is a 68 Camaro and that's my tinker and sanity hobby car. Most think I need to give that up if I want to live in TV.

‘68 Camaro....that’s a keeper. Don’t get rid of it

[Bay Kid]

Only 1 car here. 3 golf carts.

[Snakster66]

Originally Posted by mtdjed

MY guess is that most people would prefer to have neighbors that garage their vehicles.

And why, exactly, would anyone care where their neighbors prefer they keep their vehicle?

[Keninches]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

We get along with one car and one cart. It takes some planning at times but we make it work.

But if you want to keep all the toys you just need the right house. There’s a house on Conservation Trail for sale with a 6 car garage.

This house sold for $1.4 mil on 4/24/24

[Packer Fan]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

A big problem with staying here is that the summer heat has increased radically in the last 5 to 8 years. And it is worldwide. Some people actually love 95 degrees with high humidity and no wind. But, for others, not so much. There are so many great activities here, but in the summer, you must switch to indoors in the A/C.

Seriously?? What proof do you have of that. We have been down EVERY summmer since 2015 for at least a month (every year longer, 8 weeks this summer) and I sure don't see any difference AT ALL. Nice in the morning, Pool or home by 10-2 or so becuase it gets HOT, and then it rains and the evenings are warm and nice most of the time. I would say that there has been zero change. Kind of like the people who say the hurricane activity is going to increase every year even though it has actually decreased in the past 20 years.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by Packer Fan

Seriously?? What proof do you have of that. We have been down EVERY summmer since 2015 for at least a month (every year longer, 8 weeks this summer) and I sure don't see any difference AT ALL. Nice in the morning, Pool or home by 10-2 or so becuase it gets HOT, and then it rains and the evenings are warm and nice most of the time. I would say that there has been zero change. Kind of like the people who say the hurricane activity is going to increase every year even though it has actually decreased in the past 20 years.

The same proof he has that the State of Maine is flat! Remember, this forums membership is based on having a temperature and a pulse....it’s not solely based on factual information

[Kenswing]

Originally Posted by Keninches

This house sold for $1.4 mil on 4/24/24

The one I’m referring to is listed now for $3.2M.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston

Maine is flat? Those mountains that I thought I was skiing on must’ve been landfills all these years!

(711 mountains over 1000 feet)

Sorry, thanks for setting the record straight. I was there about 8 years ago and I seem to remember only flatness and mosquitoes.My bad must have seen some sort of memory malfunction.

[Dusty_Star]

Originally Posted by hawthorg

.... It seems most folks would frown at a gearhead. One other car I have is a 68 Camaro and that's my tinker and sanity hobby car. Most think I need to give that up if I want to live in TV.

I don't think so. There are many car clubs in The Villages, where you might find kindred spirits. The issue is the houses, properties, & garages are on the small side. What you might want would take some funds, but you might need to purchase or rent outside of The Villages, somewhere you could store your cars. Moving the current project into the garage as needed.

[ThirdOfFive]

Kept the Rav4 and sold the Ranger...no need for high clearance and 4WD in Florida, at least not to the extent that it was needed back in Minnesota. Odd, though...the car gets very little use. Most of our shopping and recreational travel is done with the golf cart.

Also sold the bike. Had it shipped here and rode it locally for a month before I sold it. Had more close calls here in that month than I had the the previous ten years of riding back in Minnesota...motorcycles and geezers do not belong on the same road.

Gas and insurance bills went down commensurately.,

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Kept the Rav4 and sold the Ranger...no need for high clearance and 4WD in Florida, at least not to the extent that it was needed back in Minnesota. Odd, though...the car gets very little use. Most of our shopping and recreational travel is done with the golf cart.

Also sold the bike. Had it shipped here and rode it locally for a month before I sold it. Had more close calls here in that month than I had the the previous ten years of riding back in Minnesota...motorcycles and geezers do not belong on the same road.

Gas and insurance bills went down commensurately.,

That said. How's your experiences been with 'geezers' and golf carts?

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston

That said. How's your experiences been with 'geezers' and golf carts?

Sketchy. But carts go (arbitrarily) 20 mph and I did install seat belts on our cart, so the risks are more manageable. There is nothing that tightens the ol' sphincter muscle than being on a bike and having a car driven by an old person scarcely able to see over the steering wheel trying to cut in front of you because she missed her exit.