Testing new Golf Carts in and around The Villages Florida

2024 shopping for a new golf cart including Evolution, Atomic, EZ Go Liberty, Yamaha, Star, and more. Looked at mostly front facing four seaters. This was around the Villages Florida at four different locations.

See you in the Villages! Gary

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[fierceflyer]

I look forward to your golf cart & budget video every year. Never disappointed with either. Thanks Gary.

[ritafaulkner]

Gary that was very informative! thanks!

[cback]

Good video Gary… I love the 4 seat forward setup.. becoming very popular,
I looked at evolution D5 .. love everything about it, lots of bang for the buck..
But in my research, I found people who having issues, not so much with dealers,
But with evolution, not getting / long wait for parts, bad customer service, (phone)
Not sure if it’s getting better, so research before you buy… also, check out the
Eli Zero… similar to atomic car….

[truetech]

What you want, is a double decker golf cart, like a bus that has a sundeck, to easily reach into those floridian trees, to harvest the oranges to sell to cover the cost of the slow moving vehicles that are apparently selling for prices of 3 used electric cars!!
Try not to have a heart attack after seeing those price tags shown there, because no matter what they say in the olde south with a smile, heart attacks and heatstroke never really produces afterlives.

[martipw]

Icon carts are sold now in Wildwood. They are an LV Tong kit cart from China that is assembled in the US. Various companies in the US put these carts together, including many in Florida. I have one assembled by a distributor of Advanced EV out of Texas. They are good carts and I especially like how they have Toyota motors with regenerative breaking. Mine came standard with a 350 amp motor controller, but there is an option to buy a more powerful motor controller for hills, bridges at 450 amps. I saw one guy beef his up to 40 miles an hour for street legal purposes using a 600 amp controller.

[pennyweldon]

Great insightful comments! We tried the Atomic but it was a no go for me. Too claustrophobic plus their AC didn’t work when we test drive it. Very interested in electric but happy with our Yamaha, after we added seats to our back plus seatbelts.

[jimclark]

Golf cars. Cars drive, carts are towed. Long live golf cars!

[elvis]

The Evolution D5 4 seater is a great value. And with their recent price increase, the demand has skyrocketed. So I am not surprised with the increased production that the quality has slipped a bit. It comes down to having a good dealer who does a good pre inspection and then good customer service. There are gone to be lots of those Evolutions on the market and in The Villages.

[DisMindy]

So here's my problem with any Evolution D5 Ranger, they're too tall. According to their website they are 80.5" tall. We have two golf cart tunnels under Buena Vista near tally Ridge that are 82" tall at the center and slope away to 75"ish at the shoulder. You can't really expect to drive down the center, and who knows how many feet per inch is the slope? You're at risk of scraping your roof. Now, down south of 44 that's not an issue. But we're north of 466 so we have smaller tunnels up our way.

[Frank-vfmq]

Issues with tires holding up on golf carts? Wider tires hold up longer?

[yogibearstie]

Am I the only one that thinks $20K+ for a golf car is wildly overpriced? It’s like the price of the cheapest car but doesn’t have airbags, windows and doors, a big engine… I am at a loss to understand the asking amount.

[tamieemmer]

Did you check out One Stop Golf Car Store, a friend of mine just bought a golf cart there, and said it was much cheaper than buying from any in TV.

[jimosburn]

Hey Gary, the Hidden Creek Evolution golf cart 4 forward facing seats car or any brand car. Do you think you can park perpendicular in a curb side parallel spot on the street, Or do you think it will be protruding to far out into the road? Jim