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09-10-2020 07:30 PM |
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Originally Posted by STLRAY
(Post 1830942)
I am not yet a villager but hope to be one soon. I have read several posts on here that indicate most full timers drive their cars very little once they are settled in and do nearly all of their driving in the golf cart. I have two cars and have considered selling one before making the big move to TV. So, my question is: how many miles do you put on your cars in a normal year?
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I would wait on selling. We moved here in 2006. We had two cars and wanted to have a Golf cart. So that was a decision factor in the house we bought. Needed to have capability to garage three vehicles. Our cars were small Subaru Forester, Miata and Golf Cart. Golf Cart garage was mot available in section where we bought but we found a home with a garage that could handle those three vehicles.
If you buy in new areas, they may not yet have golf cart access to all Villages areas. And distances are such that you may not want to take the time to go by Golf Cart. This are has summer popup storms that are not the best time to be in Golf Cars.
We like to take day trips to Orlando area, Ocala, overnight trips to St Augustine , Sarasota, Clearwater, Amelia island , Daytona etc. Wife likes to thrift shop. We drive from LSL to our Gym in Brownwood. At 75 we are both active and like to have Flexibility, thus two cars for us.
At our age , we want reliability for trips so keep one car relatively new, and relatively small, Currently a 2018 Hyundai Kona ( 2 years old and 12,000 miles). We also drive north to Boston area once per year. Also have a 2013 VW Golf that is used for most daily trips. About 70,000 miles in 7 years. So it seems that we do about 15,000 miles per year.
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