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Also, my friend seems to have had a lot of various kinds of damages to his because they seem to be accident prone. He's hit car doors and mirrors, and most recently, he was at an intersection in early morning at a railroad crossing in the dark while going surfing. Headlights were in his eyes, so he ran into the railroad crossing. They are now wrangling who is at fault and who pays for the crossing damage.
Lol. Sounds like your friend might be a bad driver, drinking or high.
Those carts are made for maneuverability in tight spots so they have a tight turn radius which is fine at low speeds but dangerous at high speeds. You should restrict the turn radius which would be simple and I would think it would be a lot safer...less prone to flipping and throwing off passengers and cargo.
Who the fuck flips a golf cart???
It's electric and batteries need replacement. I'm going lithium... holy fuck $$$, but it's maintenance free, better power
I can understand using them where regular cars can't go (golf courses, place like The Villages, etc), but on the road.... Nah!
Why do the batteries have to be Lithium?
He barely drinks and uses THC once in a while to sleep.
I must be a mutant. When I use THC, I have to read / work / think / or go for a walk. I cannot sleep. Pretty rare I use it now though.
RWSGFY saysI can understand using them where regular cars can't go (golf courses, place like The Villages, etc), but on the road.... Nah!
I'm in the country. Literally about 20 N/S/E/W streets. Cars are hard pressed to even hit 25. No curbs so I can just drive off the road if needed. Hasn't been an accident I've heard of in a decade since I've been here with carts or UTV's.
Anything is possible. An idiot plowed into my mom's parked car in front of her house (driveway) a couple months back (she was inside the house). Car was totaled. Car actually saved her from having the house destroyed. I don't live life that way though. It's less risky than a motorcycle for sure in town. Up in Wisconsin it would just be stupidity on the trails that gets me in trouble. I may say stupid shit, but I don't act it out. I'm extremely conservative in the real world.
Lighter. No maintenance. Better power. The reason I have to replace them anyway is because my mom didn't take care of the lead acid batteries. I've got three kids. Work. I know myself. I'm not going to maintain batteries properly. At the stage in life where I'm doing it once and that's it. I'm not hiring people and will pay money for convenience.
I know there are forums as well, but figured I ask here first. Also change up the topics if anyone has info. My guess is with most of you being in CA there are some ridiculous restrictions on golf carts. They're street legal in my town, but I also want to take it up to Wisconsin and other places in the Midwest.
It's electric and batteries need replacement. I'm going lithium... holy fuck $$$, but it's maintenance free, better power and lighter. I was thinking of lifting it and get more off road tires since it's electric and it will be relatively quiet on the street with no ICE. I know I'm in for $2,500-3k on the batteries. Was hoping to keep the mod budget under $1-2k besides batteries. I should be able to get 30-40 miles off the batteries I'm looking at. Less off road I imagine. Not crazy off roading either, Wisconsin has a network of UTV/ATV/Snowmobile trails that are pretty smooth.
It has a rear seat for the kiddos (for now) before they can't sit 3 wide. Flips flat and it's like a flat truck bed type set up where I can put coolers if it's only the wife and I. My mom closed the business after my dad passed in 2019 and just gave it to me. It will be 90% for street use tooling around town in the warm months. Does have a front windshield already. Headlight and the amber running lights, but no control for turn signal (need it to make street legal).
So my first EV is going to be a golf cart.... lol..