Height of Tunnels for Lifted Golf Carts

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Old 07-26-2021, 08:16 AM
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We are looking at buying the lifted version of the Club Car golf cart and the salesman stated lifted carts may not fit through some of the older tunnels.

Does anyone here have a lifted golf cart and if so do you have any issues with tunnel height?

We would always be Lake Sumter Landing and south, normally 466A south.

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We are looking at buying the lifted version of the Club Car golf cart and the salesman stated lifted carts may not fit through some of the older tunnels.

Does anyone here have a lifted golf cart and if so do you have any issues with tunnel height?

We would always be Lake Sumter Landing and south, normally 466A south.

Thx much!
My two cents worth. The salesman, the guy trying to sell it to you, told you it may not fit.

Golf carts have a narrow wheel base and are top heavy. Lifting a golf cart raises the center of gravity and so makes it more likely to roll over.

The ceiling in the tunnels is a dome. Look in any of the tunnels and you will see where people have hit, scraped the roof. You will also see people who drive into the lane of people coming in the opposite direction.
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Our son brings a lifted Club car with him when he visits. The only tunnel he has not been able to pass through is the one under Buena Vista between Saddlebrook and Hawkes Bay executive golf courses and there are ways to detour around that tunnel that are just longer. He does have very minimal clearance at several other tunnels in the North part of The Villages beginning with the tunnel under CR 466 at Morse Blvd. Not sure of his carts exact height but another inch and he would have issues at that and several other tunnels. Tunnels South of CR 466 have not been a problem.
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I'm curious OP....what makes a 'lifted' cart attractive for you?
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They are different heights.
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I think the biggest issue is lifted carts having to take their half 'out of the middle' in order to stay away from the sloping portions of the tunnel, not good or safe. Also agree with increased risk of lifted cart turning over, I would not want to be pinned underneath one.
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I'm curious OP....what makes a 'lifted' cart attractive for you?
The looks.
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Turns out there is a 6 month wait to get a cart your order from scratch.

We may have to scratch that idea and just settle for something they have in stock.
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Raising the cart further above the ground serves only one purpose...to hopefully bring attention to the owner.

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Turns out there is a 6 month wait to get a cart your order from scratch.

We may have to scratch that idea and just settle for something they have in stock.
Glad to hear you will settle for a safer cart.
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Raising the cart further above the ground serves only one purpose...to hopefully bring attention to the owner.

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Judgemental much?
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Our son brings a lifted Club car with him when he visits. The only tunnel he has not been able to pass through is the one under Buena Vista between Saddlebrook and Hawkes Bay executive golf courses and there are ways to detour around that tunnel that are just longer.
My cart is not lifted, beyond having ten inch wheels, and I scrape the roof on that tunnel.
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Judgemental much?
Many not so judgmental as wary of people coming here and doing things differently and then expecting the whole set up to change.

I read so many newbies who want to change things or completely overthrow our government which I think of as a gentle and well run dictatorship.

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Many not so judgmental as wary of people coming here and doing things differently and then expecting the whole set up to change.

I read so many newbies who want to change things or completely overthrow our government which I think of as a gentle and well run dictatorship.

Long live the Morses.
It's a golf cart. Nothing more. Some people like the way one cart looks more than another, just like one house more than another. Nothing to do with what that poster stated. Just personal preference.
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Judgemental much?

Don't feel bad, that is the only type of post he ever posts. He's probably just jealous of people that like to have fun, dresses like 1950 and drives a 20 year old car with dice hanging from the rear view mirror.
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