Why worry about keeping up with other carts. You’re retired now….relax and enjoy the scenery.

You only live once so I enjoy trying different transportation modes of travel. I was a private pilot and owned several different aircraft both fast and slow in my 50 years of flying. My electric golf cart had air conditioning, heater, four seats, 40 plus miles of range on a charge and could be quickly sealed for different weather conditions. The golf car thing was fun but I am moving on. I will place a for sale ad today for it in the classified section.

We have a Honda 2020 Hybrid CR-V that my wife will continue to drive. I can use my Tesla to get to all of the locations plus many, many more locations that a golf cart could not take me to. Remember, I don’t play golf. With 340 plus miles of range on a charge, I find that I will only need to charge the Tesla for my usual Village travels once a week in my garage.

While not for everyone, it’s something that I look forward to using until the next interesting mode of transportation comes along. So, I don’t dislike golf cart traveling but I now want to try something different and a Tesla is different. I am enjoying my new 2024 Tesla M3 AWD long range that cost me $34,000!

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Wow! I have been looking at this thing for over an hour now. They are VERY FAR along on this and are shipping out 2000 units already. Several videos are out that are really interesting. There are 40,000 people on the waiting list so far, but at 80/per day they could do 20,000+ per year. About $30k for 400 mile/day battery size is admirable. SUPER SMART engineering.

Thanks for posting this!!:coolsmiley:

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This is why there are 30,000 therapists in America!

At the risk of being philosophical, a well lived life is about embracing constant change. Bravo for getting the Tesla. Have fun with it. And if you tire of it, well then get another golf cart, or something else.

Living in the village most have a few things in common. Doing okay financially; Living is small houses with not much storage space; Not too much time left on this earth. To me that means we should buy things that are fun, and rid of things we don't have space for. The Tesla checks the boxes.

This is a PERFECT EXAMPLE of what i have been saying. The Villages Police NEED to ticket ANY golf car going over 25 MPH. The reckless SPEEDING of about 30% of the golf car drivers is going to cause accidents with innocent pedestrians. From time to time we see pictures of accidents involving golf cars and drunken drivers - drinking and speeding.
.........The Villages PRETENDS to be better than this, but the reality is that the Police do NOT ticket golf cars enough to CONTAIN their dangerous SPEEDING.

You’re going to love the Tesla Model 3. We have a Y, and it’s a blast. And I don’t miss going to gas stations.

I’ve put many miles on golf carts in my 18 plus years in TV. Yes, I have seen a lot. Do you know or do you care, there have been a dozen (12) golf cart fatalities in The Villages. That was the number I saw a year or so ago. I think on TOTV and most, if not all, were not because of speeding. Many fatalities and serious injuries could be avoided if wearing seat belts were required. The exception, (for obvious reasons) while actually playing golf on a golf course. I remember well when seat belts were first required in a car. There was no small uproar! It’s awful when government wants to protect us from ourselves. I agree. Not to worry it ain’t going to happen here. Fore…

The golf cart I am selling has the harness seat belts that I would always use when driving this cart. Pictures are in classified listing under used golf carts for sale.

I kept a cart because i didn't like getting my car sweaty after pickleball. I found the cart rides too long so i switched to a small motorcycle. It's a great way to cool off.

Last month when still in massachusetts, a pickleballer friend, retired engineer, gave me a ride around our small town in his Tesla with optional full self drive. Loved it, worked great. Elon's sense of humor.....choices on touch screen include fireplace flames which turn heater same time, also sound effects like making the car fart. If we has solar panels I would already have bought one.

I do now use a special seat cover for the ride back after playing pickleball. :icon_wink:

At least you didn't buy a Jaguar.

The last thing TV needs is more police. What we need is people that can think. From reading all these threads on golf cars going fast/slow, people typing on a tablet while driving etc, we NEED more people with more brains.

I own an Ioniq 6; I love the car and it's great for local driving.
I drove to New York last month and even though I did my homework the infrastructure is not there yet.
I believe EVs are the way of the future, but when it comes to long drives, they're still years away.