My husband's new toy...
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
United States
January 30, 2016 10:47am CST
We have been golf cart owners since we moved to Tennessee. My husband isn't much into walking and since we've always owned large properties, the golf cart worked well for him. The current one until yesterday was a 2002 model and we've had it for 10 years and worked it hard. It was time for a new one.
Gas golf carts are hard to find and finding a used one in our area was impossible. We finally had to go for a brand new one.
We literally bought it over the phone with only a photo to look at. It is a Club Car XRT 800 Utility Vehicle and it had just about all the options we wanted. We did have to pay extra for a windshield and delivery. We opted to pay for delivery instead of driving 2 1/2 hours each way to pick it up in Sevierville, TN.
It has the big tires he wanted so he's a happy camper. It was the last 2015 they had so we got a good price on it. So far so good, still a little too chilly to be out riding around in it today!
You can see in the photo Ruby is riding shotgun!
Photo is mine
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
30 Jan 16
@sugartoes He hasn't fallen out in 10 years I don't think he will now!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
31 Jan 16
@sugartoes If I didn't think it was a joke I would not have commented in a positive manner.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jan 16
@AbbyGreenhill Sounds like the old days of the ranches in the West.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
30 Jan 16
Our property in back goes uphill thru the woods and he plans to try to get up there...I'll pack him a lunch and wish him well
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
30 Jan 16
@Asylum He wishes he lived back then...outhouse and all
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
30 Jan 16
That is awesome! But, totally uncommon here. 
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
30 Jan 16
@AbbyGreenhill I bet!! If I had a lot of land, I'd want one of these and paint my ride pink. 
In my backyard to use one of these golf carts would be a joke lol.
In my backyard to use one of these golf carts would be a joke lol. @infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
30 Jan 16
@infatuatedbby Does this golf cart use gas or electric?
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
30 Jan 16
They sell like wildfire around here. When we got our first one in 2000 we actually bought a few golf clubs to put in it just for laughs.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
31 Jan 16
Golf carts have come a long way from the fairway. Last year when my missus and I camped up in the Blue Ridge Mountains, we rented a golf cart from the campground for me to use going up and down the mountain. I never would have made it all week if I'd had to walk it, what with my arthritis.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
31 Jan 16
@AbbyGreenhill I am not a fan of people who ride 4-wheelers just for fun any more than I am a fan of people who ride SkiDoos or any other motorized personal water craft just to ride around and annoy people with the noise.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
31 Jan 16
@DWDavis We have a few 'kids' down the road about a mile who are up and down on the 4-wheelers in the summer and they are annoying...just as you turn on the TV to relax they go riding...this summer when I get too annoyed I'm calling the sheriff.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
31 Jan 16
Golf carts are more popular away from golf courses now - Out here where we live you mostly see 4-wheelers so they can make lots of noise.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
30 Jan 16
Very nice! I would like one of those cart too.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
30 Jan 16
We have an old one for sale LOL!
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Jan 16
I live in a small town of 3000 in the middle of the corn fields of Illinois. They are really big on golf carts around here. So big in fact that the village now issues a sort of car licence for them and now they are all over the roads. Gotta watch out for them especially in the warmer weather.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
30 Jan 16
Lots of towns in FL allow them now. This one has lights, but no seat belts and I think they are required for road riding, but it's not legal around here. We vacationed in a small town in GA a few years ago and golf carts are the vehicle of choice they even had parades every Saturday.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
30 Jan 16
@fishtiger58 Lights we don't need, we don't even need the headlights it came with LOL. This is a workhorse cart.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Jan 16
@AbbyGreenhill My son's girfriends parents have the fanciest golf cart I have ever seen, lights, seathbelts and pretty fancy body work
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
30 Jan 16
@Marcyaz Yes they are and they get fancier and fancier.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
30 Jan 16
It seems they are popular all over the country now!
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Jan 16
It looks like a little toy jeep. How cute!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
30 Jan 16
yes, I agree, it does but I'm sure Jeep owners wouldn't think that's funny LOL! I didn't drive it yet, but I will tomorrow.
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@LeaPea2417 (40026)
• Toccoa, Georgia
31 Jan 16
That is neat but where we live, we wouldn't be able to drive one. The only time I ride in one is at the golf course when accompanist my golf loving son for one of his games.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
31 Jan 16
We only ride it in the yard, once in a blue moon he'll ride to the neighbor's house which isn't far. They aren't legal here on the roads.
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I want one for me.
@LadyDuck (502235)
• Italy
31 Jan 16
@AbbyGreenhill Absolutely! No need to have my husband around when I go shopping. I wonder if I could drive one without driver license.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
31 Jan 16
LOL, you wouold look cute in it driving around your village!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
30 Jan 16
Thanks, I like to ride it int too but when it's a little warmer.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
30 Jan 16
the dog riding it too made me giggle!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
30 Jan 16
She's his sidekick - he can't take two steps w/o her.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
31 Jan 16
The seating area of this one is bigger than the last one - more room for the three of us.
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@zebra2222 (5268)
• United States
31 Jan 16
I'm sure that you'll get a lot of use and enjoyment from it.
@Elizaby (6902)
• Pensacola, Florida
30 Jan 16
I bet y'all can't wait for warmer weather to really give it a workout and enjoy seeing spring throughput the properity
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
30 Jan 16
You're right, and although it was 64 today it was too windy to feel that warm.
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