[aljetmet]

Originally Posted by cappyjon431

...and go to Sam's, Home Depot, Outback, 5 Guys, etc.

My favorite places!

We'll have just a car and a cart in TV.
As the cart will be mine I would like to go where I want as easily as I could.

Just think how long it would take in a non street legal to go from Bonifay ( I 'm two minutes from the entrance) to say Nancy Lopez...

[Schaumburger]

Originally Posted by aljetmet

My favorite places!

We'll have just a car and a cart in TV.
As the cart will be mine I would like to go where I want as easily as I could.

Just think how long it would take in a non street legal to go from Bonifay ( I 'm two minutes from the entrance) to say Nancy Lopez...

Been wondering how long it would take in a non street legal from Bonifay to Nancy Lopez?

[CarGuys]

There are some Gem's that can run 35-40 if needed,

[thistrucksforyou]

If it is legal your opinions don't count !

[cappyjon431]

Originally Posted by CarGuys

There are some Gem's that can run 35-40 if needed,

There is a company called Ride-4-Fun (Gem Car - Accessories, Parts & High Performance GEM Cars - We're the Direct Source!) that puts an upgraded 7.5 HP motor on the GEM and recalibrates your controller. Adding 14 inch wheels with the aforementioned upgrades is supposed to bring up the GEM's speed to 35 mph+ (legally, and for a very reasonable price). I have a friend here who reports 43 mph with these upgrades. Personally, I just have not felt the need for speed with the cart. But for those who do...the Chrysler dealership in Fruitland Park carries Ride-4-Fun parts.

[buggyone]

Originally Posted by cappyjon431

There is a company called Ride-4-Fun (Gem Car - Accessories, Parts & High Performance GEM Cars - We're the Direct Source!) that puts an upgraded 7.5 HP motor on the GEM and recalibrates your controller. Adding 14 inch wheels with the aforementioned upgrades is supposed to bring up the GEM's speed to 35 mph+ (legally, and for a very reasonable price). I have a friend here who reports 43 mph with these upgrades. Personally, I just have not felt the need for speed with the cart. But for those who do...the Chrysler dealership in Fruitland Park carries Ride-4-Fun parts.

Correct me if I am wrong, but the speed limit for Street Legal Carts on the roadways that regular carts cannot go on is 25 mph. The carts that are able to go 35 mph and higher are SPEEDING and subject to big time fines.

[Bonny]

LOL

[mrdills]

How many non LSV vehicles ( gas carts ) you see going over 20 MPH ? how safe are they ? Remember if you get caught you will lose you license because you are driving a vehicle without a license and a tag.

[thekeithfan]

Originally Posted by cappyjon431

People ride bikes on BV all the time and I don't consider them "crazy." At least I have seat belts, brakes, brake lights, turn signals, and 1000+ pounds of cart around me. I actually feel much safer on BV than going on the cart path having to slow down/pass glof carts going 19 mph, joggers, walkers, bikers, etc. I also feel safer avoiding the craziness that I used to see in the tunnels on a daily basis.

I've only been driving on the streets for nine months, but in that limited time I can tell you that I feel infinitely safer.

I'll tell you what I (when I'm not in my golf cart on a golf cart path) I have seat belts, brake lights and 6000 pounds of diesel truck around me and I don't feel safe. If you think you are safe in a 1000 pound open air golf cart you could be DEAD WRONG. With seniors, on meds, driving around the Villages you have to be an idiot to think your safe! Do see and hear about these accidents with golf carts and the passenger is thrown or if you're "belted in" you are thrown with the golf cart and seriously injured or worse! Wise up YOU ARE NOT SAFE you are nuisance!

[memason]

Is it a FULL MOON or what ????

The amount of just plain wrong info, on here, is amazing.

Just saying....

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by thekeithfan

I'll tell you what I (when I'm not in my golf cart on a golf cart path) I have seat belts, brake lights and 6000 pounds of diesel truck around me and I don't feel safe. If you think you are safe in a 1000 pound open air golf cart you could be DEAD WRONG. With seniors, on meds, driving around the Villages you have to be an idiot to think your safe! Do see and hear about these accidents with golf carts and the passenger is thrown or if you're "belted in" you are thrown with the golf cart and seriously injured or worse! Wise up YOU ARE NOT SAFE you are nuisance!

amen, and zero side impact protection or rollover protection. No, I don't feel safe at all when I share the road in a cart lane, not because of what I do but because of what someone can do to me! by the way 25 is the speed limit for low speed vehicles, hell if I got a bigger controller I could pop wheelies....but I don't because that's a phase I went through when I was 17

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by EdVinMass

Are you kidding me? How can you actually live in TV and not know that you cannot get anywhere in a cart in The Villages without sharing the road with cars and trucks going faster than you. Or do you actually think that the little white line between your cart in the diamond lane and those trucks is going to save you. Get real.

p.s. Good posts Cappy

per your argument, driving ON the road WITH the traffic would then be what? suicidal?

[Warren Kiefer]

Originally Posted by cappyjon431

Maybe I am reading your post wrong, but are you REALLY saying that the way I feel is baloney? Really?

First of all, please don't tell me how I feel. I would NEVER presume to know how another poster feels and I certainly wouldn't tell them that the way they feel is "baloney."

Second, I along with dozens of other GEM drivers drive on roads where the speed limit is 35 mph on a daily basis. It is legal and we obviously feel safe enough to do it. Please don't project your own fears onto others.

Third, as mentioned in my first post on this thread, I only drive on roads with a 30/35 mph speed limit IF there are two lanes. If there are two lanes it is easy enough for a faster vehicle to pass. That is why we have passing lanes.

I guess I ruffled some feathers. My opinion is; how could anyone feel safer in a street legal cart driving down El Camino Real when there are dozens of cars in front of you, a dozen trying to pass you and a dozen behind you wanting to pass. Every vehicle out there ourweighs you by three fold and no cart is ever a even match for a full size car. It is the street legal cart that is creating a dangerous situation for himself and others. Would it not make more sense to move onto a 16 foot wide rec path that hardly has any traffic?? You can still drive the same speed as you do on the busy street.

[rhredd1654]

Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer

I guess I ruffled some feathers. My opinion is; how could anyone feel safer in a street legal cart driving down El Camino Real when there are dozens of cars in front of you, a dozen trying to pass you and a dozen behind you wanting to pass. Every vehicle out there ourweighs you by three fold and no cart is ever a even match for a full size car. It is the street legal cart that is creating a dangerous situation for himself and others. Would it not make more sense to move onto a 16 foot wide rec path that hardly has any traffic?? You can still drive the same speed as you do on the busy street.

I don't know what gives you the right to take ownership of the roadways. I have a GEM, golf cart and automobile. Just as I need to share the multimodal paths with other carts (including the Yamahas that travel 25mph+), walkers, bikers, etc., I also share the roadways with LSV's, autos, etc. I for one would like to see autos banned from The Villages, but that's not going to happen. It doesn't matter what size my vehicle is, I have the right to drive it where permitted. Quit being so selfish, you don't own the road!

[thekeithfan]

The safety of Driving down El Camino Real in a licensed golf cart is like comparing an Army foot soldier to a Tank! You are NOT safe. I suggest you look up the police reports involving cart accidents and see how many are severly, permanently injured or disabled. Do you have a right to drive there? YES! But you can't tell me your 1000 pound cart is any match when colliding with a vehicle weighing 3 to 4 times what the cart weighs! Golf carts driving down El Camino and going thru roundabouts look stupid....dangerously stupid.