re: What to look for when buying a golf cart...any advice?

IMO stick with the big 3 club car, ezego, yamaha. There are a lot of new china brands that look good and have cool features but if the company goes away so does all your parts and warranty. The big 3 have been around for ever. 3k if you want one to rebuild one how you want it, 5-10k for one already rebuilt nicely, 10k+ for a new one. New led acid batteries are 700-900ish and they suck. You can test batteries but letting them fully charge then let them rest for 1hr then test the voltage of each one. Read up how to properly maintain them or you will be replacing them again soon. That means checking water often, charging FULLY once you start a charge (takes a long time), do not discharge past 50%, short range. If you can get a lithium it takes 1/2 the time to charge, no water, can convivence charge, lighter/smaller, longer range and more pep.