How to Buy a Golf Cart

Golf carts are fun vehicles that you can use for recreation or work. Golf carts run around the golf course or the construction site, the campground or the ranch. Whether you are looking for a new or used golf cart, you'll find many options.

Instructions

1. Determine the primary use of your golf cart. This determines whether you should look for new or used, gas or electric-powered. Electric will do fine for the golf course. Shooters who shoot in sporting clay competitions usually prefer gas-powered golf carts because they have more power to handle the rougher terrain of the sporting clay courses.

2. Budget the cost of buying your golf cart. A used electric golf cart can start around $2000. A new electric usually starts around $4500 to $5000 and goes up, depending on how many extras you want to add. For gas-powered golf carts, used can range from about $3500 to $5000. New gas golf carts cost from $6000 to $7500.

3. Consider a more durable utility golf cart if you want to use it for work. Golf carts are often used on construction sites, farms and ranches. Their price range is about the same as the regular gas-powered golf carts. Utility golf carts can be ordered with a hauling bed and gate. You can order a trailer hitch to equip the golf cart to pull a small trailer.

4. Decide what kind of extras you would like, if any. You can buy a golf cart equipped with a windshield, dashboard with glove box, enclosure to protect you from rain and a fan to keep you cool in hot weather. You can even order head lights and brake lights to upgrade them to be street legal. Many people who live in gated communities like to use them to run around the neighborhood.