On yeah costs. We paid $2000 for our 2005 club car ds. Came from ocean lakes rental fleet. Batteries were only a year old when we got it. If you are going to want to upgrade it, then it's gonna cost ya. You can spend $4000-5000 easily on one hat is completely redone. Normally that is not customized to your preference 100% but already done. Or you can do things one thing at a time which our plan was. I did buy an all sports 6" lift, new wheels and tires. That alone was over $1000 with me installing it myself. Haven't gotten to the body, seats, radio, lights, new roof and etc. Those alone are another $1500-2000 in parts. And that's just a solid color new body. If you want to get a customized painted body, expect to pay more. If you can find one that you like with all the customization to your satisfaction, good batteries (no more than a year or two old) and can get it for less than $4000 and can afford it, I would. We went with the cart we could afford at the moment. And what we wanted to spend. We use our cart around the neighborhood and to drive my daughter to the bus stop in every once in a while.