Howdy. First post, so I hope it’s in the right place.
I’ve recently been contemplating a golf cart for running around town. I know there are provisions for registering them for street use where I live, but there isn’t a big cart market in my area. Therefore, not a lot of used carts.
I’m finding some old carts fairly cheap, but they’d need to have all the street legal stuff (lights, brakes, windshield, etc, etc) added, plus probably some work on the parts that make it go.
The stuff thats running good, and has the street legal stuff is way more than I want to spend.
I happened to come across a Zap truck. I read all the stuff about how the company has pretty much screwed everybody they can, with empty promises, poor product quality, etc, etc. The guy says the electrical system is shot, but I haven’t looked at it, or talked to him in depth about it yet. It’s cheap though…like 3 figure price tag cheap.
My thinking is this…
Even if the whole electrical system needs to be replaced, I’d probably have to deal with much of that on any cart I got. The benefit to the Zap is that it already has the lights, the brakes, etc, and it’s already certified, and titled, and has a plate on it. I’d be cutting out a lot of hassles.
I guess what I really want to know is, does that logic make sense? I’m getting into something I know absolutely nothing about, so it’s very possible I’m missing something very obvious.
Any input would be much appreciated.
Thanks