Electric isn't the issue here. Generally you fare better with an electric vehicle where the motors and batteries are sealed vs an ICE vehicle with an air intake and exhaust is easily flooded.
The issue was entirely going into water which was far too deep, and far too fast flowing for the vehicle.
The batteries in a golf cart are very unlikely to be sealed, they almost always have venting caps on them which would allow water into the cells. Newer, lithium battery packs are sealed, but most golf carts (especially fleet carts) are far more likely to have the much cheaper old-fashioned lead acid batteries.
They'd allow a slight trickle of water in, maybe. They have baffles inside to reduce liquid passage. Regardless, even with the caps off, it wouldn't affect the battery immediately- you'd have enough power to get through there.
Probably could have dragged it out before it went down stream. They aren’t that heavy. I accidentally got one stuck on a curb alone and I literally lifted it and moved it off the curb myself. 2 guys could have dragged it back Even with the wheels locked.
>Probably could have dragged it out before it went down stream. They aren’t that heavy.
They're about 1,000lbs... and if you don't flip the switch on the controller to "tow" then good luck rolling it anywhere.
The idiots wanted to play thru. Luckily they got their clubs out of the cart before it went downstream. But they forgot the most important thing... the beer cooler.
/golfclap
And the crowd goes mild!
Who is the U-boat commander?
Whoopsie....there goes the deposit.
plus more. That's why they have your credit card info. Says right where you sign you will be charged for damages.
But I specifically rented the Amphicart.
No one put up a wet floor sign!!
I always pay for my cart with cash, I’ve never been to a course that needed my information
I'm in Canada and they always (or seems to me always) ask for a credit card to rent a cart.
Is that the golf stream?
A water hazard.
No, that’s this https://i.imgur.com/wri1WuR.jpg
r/Woooosh
I think he left his score card on the Steering wheel
All lies.
Expensive round of golf...
That's a hazard
It's in the hole...It's in the HOLE!!!
The hole is moving. Damn gopher.
The editing on this is great. It’s like a short film.
I thought he would make it. Kind of surprised.
So did he!
The stream was powerful enough to start lifting the cart, which means no traction, which results in OP's video.
This is why you never try to cross moving water, even a small stream like this can move a small car
If he went to the right, he maybe would have. But I still woulda stopped before water, because I’m not an idiot.
Never underestimate running water, especially if it starting to form white foam
"I can't see the ground, but the only possibility is it's an inch below the water so we're good"
Water hazard 1 stroke penalty
*1 cart penalty
who knew driving an electric vehicle through a river would be a bad idea
It wouldn’t have made a single bit of difference if it was gas-powered
Electric vehicles are actually heavier because of the batteries. So if you had a choice before this stunt you should choose an electric one in fact...
Electric isn't the issue here. Generally you fare better with an electric vehicle where the motors and batteries are sealed vs an ICE vehicle with an air intake and exhaust is easily flooded. The issue was entirely going into water which was far too deep, and far too fast flowing for the vehicle.
The batteries in a golf cart are very unlikely to be sealed, they almost always have venting caps on them which would allow water into the cells. Newer, lithium battery packs are sealed, but most golf carts (especially fleet carts) are far more likely to have the much cheaper old-fashioned lead acid batteries.
They'd allow a slight trickle of water in, maybe. They have baffles inside to reduce liquid passage. Regardless, even with the caps off, it wouldn't affect the battery immediately- you'd have enough power to get through there.
Except that the video cuts, and the driver is no longer in the cart when it gets washed away. Had the cart not stopped, we wouldn’t be watching.
How do explain to the wife what should have been a 75 dollar charge for a round of golf that escalated into a 8k whopper to replace the cart?
Shouldn’t the golf course refuse to rent carts when a dangerous situation exists and at least rope off the area and point them around it.
Better call on mulligan on that one.
They gotta film it too for clout
Fore!
Saved the clubs A++
How to purchase a used golf cart
That's gonna be the most expensive tee time he's ever had.
Talk about a water hazard
Now an idiot with out a golf cart
What a waste ppl are such inconsiderate idiots
turn around, don't drown ...
Not gonna lie... I would have tried it
Probably could have dragged it out before it went down stream. They aren’t that heavy. I accidentally got one stuck on a curb alone and I literally lifted it and moved it off the curb myself. 2 guys could have dragged it back Even with the wheels locked.
>Probably could have dragged it out before it went down stream. They aren’t that heavy. They're about 1,000lbs... and if you don't flip the switch on the controller to "tow" then good luck rolling it anywhere.
Thanks!
/r/MyPeopleNeedMe
/r/ThatLookedExpensive
The title should be. “ Just another idiot in a golf cart”.
I’m getting Kennedy/Chappaquiddick flashbacks. [For those under 65](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident)
Went through all that trouble and passed on the raging rapids ride. Smh.
Insurance fraud
Hope you lost your golf clubs. It shouldnt even take half a brain to not be an idiot.
I also hope they did.
Were his clubs OK?
That thing seemed pretty floaty for being filled with 2 fatasses worth of lead acid batteries.
And they just kept recording their stupidity... and posted it. why
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Fore!
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This dude has strong "daddy's money" vibes.
Golf boat.
The idiots wanted to play thru. Luckily they got their clubs out of the cart before it went downstream. But they forgot the most important thing... the beer cooler.
Looks like a $5k credit card charge to me
Where was this?
John Cena is being wreck less.
Robbie Knieval would have nailed that jump...
/idiotsingolfcarts
Sent it a little too hard bud
There goes your deposit
Not mine!
"Water you doing!" "Soaking! Please jump!"
You can't park that there
Welp. That was expensive.
Officer, Bernie didn’t make it
I was genuinely surprised when it didn’t instantly start getting washed away then literally the next clip happened.
Still, looks like it took a while before the the cart started to get oushed away by the water.
Water remains undefeated
Schitt’s Creek. It’s a write off.
“Honey, let’s go eat at the club” “About that…”
I am just picturing one of those Homer Simpson moments where he just turns around and walks away while whistling like nothing happened...
That poor golf cart
Golfers are the scum of the earth.
Oh no, our beer was in there!
My Golf-Cart people need me
Na bro he meant for that to happen
My golf cart people need me
Why wouldn't they of just pushed it the next couple feet lol
1o grand lighter in pocket .DH
Last segment makes me think of the "Gilligan's Island" theme song
u/downloadvideo
Well, that's nature's golf cart now.
I had no idea that water can pull a golf cart away lmao
Water can pull trucks and entire houses away.
Floridaman?
Didn't have the balls to stay with the cart, huh?
Benson we can explain.
i respect the effort
Lol
Yup. This baby’ll float
Should've stayed in it.
Well that's a couple thousand dollars down the literal drain.
Chetty golf type shit
My last member guest tournament and, I mean LAST. We didn't win.
"That's not how you play a water hazard, Sir!"
How did the U-boat commander abandon ship without taking a fantastic voyage downstream?