[MrChip72]

Soon after we bought our home in TV, once I realized that I could buy a fully loaded 5-6 year old cart for 25% of the new price, we ended up going with the used option.

[shaw8700@outlook.com]

I intend to buy mine from StreetRod Golf Carts. The have a model that looks like a truck which will be perfect for me since I don’t golf and it has a back that will hold several shopping bags.

[thelegges]

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

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by village dreamer

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.

Prices are head scratching? Very happy we have three really good carts that will hopefully last the rest of our lives. Not happy that both of our cars are racking up high miles, good new cars are a thing of the past as we really don’t want to drive overpriced computers on wheels.

[Two Bills]

Interesting article regarding US and other economies.

Why US economy is powering ahead of Europe'''s - BBC News

[Normal]

Originally Posted by thelegges

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

2022 Yamaha Quiet Tech 4 seat 10,580 New 2 years ago in Daytona at Ace of Carts. Inventory - Ace of Carts

[PoolBrews]

Originally Posted by village dreamer

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.

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!

[UpNorth]

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.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by UpNorth

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.

There are alternatives.....just sayin'

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by blueash

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

53 / 21 = 2.52

And then it when back down, but the golf cart price didn’t.

[Dusty_Star]

Originally Posted by PoolBrews

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!

What is the range of your Evolution D5? Thanks!

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by blueash

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.

The CPI is up just over 17% since the start of 2021 thru the end of 2023...

In the 3 years 2017-2019 (leaving out your excuse of 2020), inflation was right around 2%...

And I like how you limit inflation to "core inflation", which leave out food and energy prices... You know, things most people need to live...

Facts matter...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

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.

Those $9000 (actually $9999) carts at Walmart (I think you mean Home Depot) are garbage. They can't get out of their own way and have a very limited range...

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Is someone forcing you to buy a golf cart?

Nope I got my 13995 cart for 4500 and I thought was OUTRAGEOUS for riding lawn mower without mower.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

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

I bought a used loaded QuieTech, as well... a 2017. Less than 1/2 the price of a new one...

In a few years, I'll by a used 2020-ish cart and keep the one I have as a 2nd cart...