He wasn't. I assume his joke was that, given the specific cart, the guys from Waste Management picked it up as trash.

Check your neighbors (and even those that aren't your neighbors) to see if they have any security cameras.

My post was in reference to the thread where a chair came up missing. With over 25 posts a number of theories were offered…….least of which “if it’s out front somebody will take and close to the curb to the trash truck”.
I too respect the “trash guys” even this morning gave the 3 man crew each a cold bottle of water.

Add an Alarm!
 

You can add an alarm and cut off switch for about $225... and put an alarm warning sticker on the dash. The cart will not move.

Good thinking, once again. I'm hoping that, (first of all our cart is not new), and if they try to steal it is using another key, which will not work if the kill switch is on, they will quickly move onto another target. But really, who knows? Thanks for the information.

Wrong.
https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...9612-crime.png

Or maybe someone who knows that Wildwood is well above the national average in crime and Lady Lake is below.
https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...9612-crime.png

Dealer will change it for you. At least I hope they will considering what a new car costs

The are several alarm systems available, I have installed Viper ($$$) and a no name ($$), both these had voltage surge sensing (the alarm goes off when the starter is engaged) the viper had vibration and tilt sensors. Now a word of caution, Best Buy was selling the Viper units, BUT Viper requires installation by an authorized dealer, and will NOT supply the detailed instructions to an individual, you get a very reduced set of instructions with the alarm.

I agree, throwing trash bags all day long most hard working guys around here. I salute them for trying to earn wage. What even they make not enough IMO.

And villages gate camera’s Or are they waste? Cart had to go out gate on trailer somewhere?

Do they capture departing traffic??

Don’t stop them from releasing brake and rolling it off onto trailer.

There are thieves who steal because they enjoy it. Sick I know. Or if they want drug money they will steal anything.

Stolen cart
 

Tire boots can also be purchased at Campers world on 441.

There are cameras at the gate, Chitty Chatty only has one way in/out.

We have a report at 4 am of cart flying down the walking path around Akin pond and heading to the bridge. :crap2:
No camera on bridge, but police think if that was it they loaded on a trailer etc on the shopping center.
They think there cameras there to look at.

They also said several went stolen the past 304 weeks si they think a organized bunch of dirtbags are on loose.

Nice to have insurance, but not easy to find another one!

Air tags
 

apple Air Tags have been suggested, but their range is only 800 feet. Not really any value to finding a stolen cart. Glove box lock is a joke, t’s a piece of plastic. Neighbor hood watch is best deterrent. I have no solution other than insurance, and don’t keep valuables in cart.

If it was an enclosed trailer no one would see it!!!
:popcorn::popcorn:

Yea, exactly. I did the same thing and even removed the speakers from them because they will beep loudly if the thief knows what to do to search for the trackers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vAQNedIa0o

Yes, coming in and going out...
:bowdown::bowdown:

Not true at all. People have located their missing luggage in Italy from FL and can see where my golf cart is anytime from anywhere. Their "range" is infinite as long as someone with an Apple device walks past it within a couple hundredfeet and the battery remains good which is around 8-12 months. It's exactly like the "Find My" app on an iPhone. I guess you aren't an iPhone user.

Just one example of thousands: https://www.washingtonpost.com/techn...airtags-theft/

How to the Apple Air Tags work?

Sorry that happened to you. Seems like a GPS locator hidden somewhere out of sight on the golf cart might have been a good idea.

I’d they got enough money for enclosed trailer why steal old golf cart. O wait, maybe the stole the enclosed trailer also…:popcorn::popcorn:

You have to have someone walk real close to the air tag with an Iphone. I have one on my dog but my yard is 6 acres. I can be 100 feet from my dog and see her and the tracking on my phone still can't fine her.

That's because you don't have a lot of people walking around your 6 acre plot! That is not the purpose of an Air Tag or how it works. There needs to be people with iPhones or iPads walking around the area which is how the signal gets picked up and sent to "the cloud" where FIND MY can locate it. . If the dog escapes out into a populated town and someone grabbed it you'd most likely be able to locate it because there are likely many iPhones nearby. If the air tag is in the middle of nowhere without iPhone/ipad "traffic" nearby it obviously won't work. Generally speaking the chances are a stolen golf cart will pass multiple "I"devices or always be in range of one if the thief has one. My kids had no problem locating their luggage on a flight back from Italy. They watched it go off the plane and through the airport. I can see my golf cart from anywhere it parked. If my wife is driving it I can watch it travel (heh heh) all around TV because there are zillions of iPhone/ipads in the area.

Bottom line is: the range on AirTags is functionally infinite as long as there's an iPhone passing nearby. It's not going to track your dog running on your land without people constantly around. For that you'd need a GPS tracker but for a car or golf cart or luggage these thing work great and at $29 are a lot cheaper than GPS trackers with monthly fees.

Interesting "pro/con" article:

https://screenrant.com/apple-airtag-...ach-explained/

From the above linked article:
While these trackers (others listed in above article) have AirTag handily beat on the Bluetooth side of things, it's important to remember that AirTag is the only tracker that connects to the Find My network. If anyone with a modern Apple device is near a lost AirTag, that's enough to alert the AirTag owner of its exact location. Considering the hundreds of millions of Apple devices that power the Find My network, that's a pretty considerable advantage.