Best golf cart , best bang for the buck

If you are buying it for the golf course get an electric, Gassers are stinky and loud

If you are buying it to get around the campground or community consider one of these. Range is about 140 KM. Top Speed 135 KMH. VERY VERY fast off the line. Quiet on the highway, heated seat, awesome stereo, can take a costco cart full of groceries. Very nice driving car with lots of Jam. The battery is an 18 KWH battery. Typical used prices are 10,000 under for a 2014 or so. Be careful though. Mercedes sold these with and without the battery. You had a choice of buying or leasing the battery. Probably just more than half are sold without the battery. If you find one on a used car lot, get the Vin number, call mercedes and ask if it is a lease battery. People have been known to buy them without knowing and then find out they have a monthly lease fee for the battery. We bought ours outright. Maintenance is minimal. Washer fluid, wiper blades. Brakes don't get much wear as it is regenerative braking. Battery degradation is about 1.5 percent per year. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Club Cars are better. Less maintenance, aluminum frame. Always make sure there is water for the batteries. So many people forget this. We lived at Ocean Lakes for a few years and DH worked with sales of golf cars. Learned a lot. We had 2 club cars and never had any trouble. When customers had trouble with their club cars, it was mostly because they did not keep water in the golf cars.

A must for whatever you get. Change the key switch!!!! You can go to any auto shop and buy a new key switch. All of these cars any key can start the car.

my old EZ go had a metal frame that tend to rust. I only use the cart at the beach so my new cart I went with club car. They all have aluminum frames.

for my $0.02 worth, I wish they would completely outlaw any non street legal vehicles, golf carts included. Flame suit is on so go ahead.

real4u2c wrote:
Perhaps, I needed to also ask, what maintenance if any is need to keep a golf cart up and running, technology behind the mini vehicle.

Tires, brakes occasionally. Electric carts need new batteries after a few years. Gas carts need tuneups,oil changes (if 4 cycle), filters, drive belt replacement, occasionally a driven clutch will go bad. They also need brakes and tires, of course.

For the average guy puttering around a campground, you won't see a lot of maintenance year-over-year. Over the life of the cart there will be some.

Perhaps, I needed to also ask, what maintenance if any is need to keep a golf cart up and running, technology behind the mini vehicle.

I wish that I could find an RV Rover collapsible for sale;


It appears they went out of business about 5 years ago.

There are definitely more with restrictions or that don't allow them, than those that don't care if you do or what you have.

We used one that belonged to my buddy in Myrtle Beach. He had an older 36 volt unit that struggled on hills, he then went to a 48 volt and it worked really well.

I thought about getting one but found too many places restrict them. At Myrtle Beach Travel Park where we go in the winter you need a handicap tag/card from your state dmv. Then you need to get it registered with the state and have proof of insurance.

At our summer seasonal spot in upstate NY, carts are not permitted.

jnharley wrote:
Many state/public parks will not allow golf carts.

Which is why I like my scooter. I have never had them say I could not use it. No difference than someone driving their truck to the camp store, restroom, lake....wherever.

Would they say something if I cruised...probably. Then again, they would say something to a car owner that constantly drove around.