Originally Posted by village dreamer (Post 2299523)

walking past the cart shop in brownwood tonight, a star 4 seat forward ele. for only $27,800. cars dont cost that much with more features.

Originally Posted by thelegges (Post 2300527)

February of 2023 2 seat Yamaha everything possible except moon roof was $23,500. Before discounts. So not much change in a year unless OPs window shopping was a base

Originally Posted by village dreamer (Post 2299523)

walking past the cart shop in brownwood tonight, a star 4 seat forward ele. for only $27,800. cars dont cost that much with more features.

Originally Posted by UpNorth (Post 2300697)

Ah yes, - here in The Villages we can buy an overpriced golf cart, then play overpriced "championship" golf courses where they don't provide a golf cart for you to use unless you pay extra. Such a deal.

Originally Posted by blueash (Post 2300317)

You are correct. I should have written that the cost of crude went up by a factor of 2.5

53 / 21 = 2.52

Originally Posted by PoolBrews (Post 2300612)

Go to Botero Carts in Ocala. Their forward facing 4 seater, the Evolution D5, has more features than the Star and is $12K with the standard lithium battery, and $14K with the larger battery (205ah). This pricing is more inline with what I would expect given the build and technology for golf carts. I absolutely love mine!

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...8-01-right.jpg

Originally Posted by blueash (Post 2300484)

Here are the month by month and total for 2022 which I did not ignore.
2022 6.0 6.4 6.5 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.3 6.6 6.3 6.0 5.7 6.2

In fact, basic reading, go back and you will see this sentence segment



2020 was the covid lockdown year. The economy was in shambles, businesses were closed down, unemployment was way up, the Congress and White House were sending checks out to try to get cash moving again. The debt was increased by many trillions in that year. But you think that we should return to the economic situation that gave us that low inflation rate. I don't.

3.6 + 6.2 + 4.8 are the core inflation increases for 21 22 and 23. My math although not always perfect totals 14.6. Miss McLaughlin taught me that 14.6 is less than over 17.

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 2300433)

People aren't forced to buy here, and are definitely not forced to buy from Villages vendors at vastly inflated prices. Wal-mart is selling carts right here in TV with the highest I've seen, price-wise, for a four-seater is under $9,000, and that's for brand new. Gainesville for example also has numerous dealerships that sell new carts for prices several thousands of dollars under what the local merchants charge, and renting a U-haul for a couple of hundred bucks to ferry one back from Gainesville is a cheap price to pay for a legitimate deal.

We're victims ONLY if we choose to be victims. Enough people shopping afield for realistically-priced golf carts will drive down the prices around here right quick.

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2300427)

Is someone forcing you to buy a golf cart?

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 2300870)

Nope I got my 13995 cart for 4500 and I and I thought was OUTRAGEOUS.