4MB47L Mint Green 4 Seat Electric Golf Cart Rental Guide, Miramar Beach

01

The Number Above The Wheel

This is the easiest cart in the fleet to read. Look at the digital display above the steering wheel and find SOC, which stands for state of charge. That percentage is exactly how much battery you have. No interpreting a needle, no guessing between bars.

02

Getting The Key

Lockbox lives under the front seat, next to the battery. The seat lifts on its armrest.

1. Lift the front seat by the armrest. The whole cushion swings up and the box is right there.
2. Line the four digits up straight. They sit half a notch off more often than you would think.
3. Slide the black button down and take the key. Close the seat before anyone sits back on it.

03

Before Anyone Drives

4MB47L is not lifted, and that works in your favor. A lower body means a shorter step in and a lower center of gravity than the lifted units. It is still a light, narrow, open motor vehicle and it does not behave like a car.

1. Four seats, four belts, four riders. Children counted the same as adults. No laps, no standing, nobody on the back step while it moves, hands and feet inside.
2. Approved drivers only. 22 or older, valid license, active auto insurance in their own name, listed and approved on the signed agreement before the rental began. Codes go to approved drivers only, and anybody else driving is prohibited use that voids coverage and shifts responsibility to the renter.
3. Car seats travel with you. Florida Statute 316.613 requires a child through age 3 in a separate carrier or an integrated child seat, and a booster does not satisfy it. A child aged 4 or 5 needs a carrier, an integrated seat, or a booster.
4. Phone down while moving, and Florida DUI law applies here. Handheld and hands free are both prohibited in motion, and impaired driving carries the same penalties as it does in a car.
5. Walk around it before the first drive. Tires, belts, lights, body. Text a photo of anything wrong to (850) 830-4699. If there is a crash: 911, stay, report, then text us.

04

Starting It

1. Belts on, then the key.
2. Tow switch on RUN, not TOW. Near the battery under the seat, or on the passenger side by the glovebox. On TOW the vehicle is dead on purpose.
3. Turn the key twice to the right. One click lights the dash, two clicks wakes the drive system. One click is the most common false alarm we get.
4. F or R at a complete stop, then ease onto the pedal. Electric torque is instant and silent.
5. Headlights, blinkers and horn work like a car's. Use them.

05

Plugging In

Standard wall outlet, every night, eight to ten hours from empty to full. Plug it in any time it is parked at the house too, and watch the SOC percentage climb rather than guessing. Figure about 20 to 22 miles on a full pack, more than enough for a day of running between the house, the beach and dinner.

• Nightly, even after a short run. Habit beats memory on vacation.
• One outlet per vehicle. Two on a single circuit trips the breaker overnight.
• Older place, clear the circuit. Unplug the coffee maker and the TV from that outlet before the charger goes in.
• Both cord ends glow when it is charging. Dark ends mean a dead outlet, not a dead cart.
• The cord rides with the vehicle. Left at the condo, it turns into a $200 tow the first time you run low.

06

Music And Lights

Key to on, open Bluetooth on your phone, select this cart's speaker. Paired for the week. Keep the volume where you can still hear traffic and a siren, and turn it down through the neighborhoods after dark.

For the glow system, wake the dash first, then press Power on the small silver remote tethered to the dashboard. Mode runs solid, seven chase patterns, pulse, scan, strobe, fade, S.O.S and music or voice reactive modes. Color covers red, hot pink, pink, purple, orange, yellow, green, teal, blue, white and two cycling options. Speed has five levels.

Glow is decoration, not lighting. After sunset your headlights and blinkers are doing the real work.

07

Roads You Can Use

4MB47L is titled, tagged and insured as a Low Speed Vehicle under Florida Statute 320.01 and 49 C.F.R. 571.500, and Florida Statute 316.2122 puts it on public roads posted 35 mph or less. Around here that is Scenic Gulf Drive through Miramar Beach and Destin, County Road 30A through Santa Rosa Beach, and the neighborhood streets between.

Never US-98 at any point, including crossing anywhere other than a legal signalized intersection. Never sidewalks, beach walkovers, dune trails or the sand.

Communities set their own rules on private roads and several along 30A and inside Sandestin do not allow rental vehicles at all, so check your address on the Neighborhood Rules page before you plan the day. Park in marked spaces only, never blocking a walkover, a bike lane, a crosswalk, a hydrant or a driveway, and set the parking brake every time.

08

AirTag, Arrival And Handback

Every vehicle carries an Apple AirTag that cannot be removed, so we can reach you quickly if you need help. If your phone flags an unknown AirTag traveling with you, that is ours, and the ID on the windshield tells you which vehicle it belongs to.

It arrives clean and charged by your start time, sometimes early, because drivers run a geographic route rather than the clock. Early is yours. If nobody is home we park it neatly out of the way.

1. Charge to 90 percent or better and leave it plugged in. Under 90 is a $100 charge, and this cart shows you the exact number so there is no guessing.
2. Key back in the lockbox, digits scrambled. Cord back in the vehicle.
3. Text (850) 830-4699 when it is ready. We come at the end of the rental or shortly after.

Charges worth dodging: key or remote $50, cord $50, stranded tow $200, late return $100 an hour, citations passed through plus $35 admin. The rest is in the Terms.

09

If It Acts Up

Will not charge

Cord ends dark, start at the breaker. A tripped GFI is nearly always the answer. Reset, replug, watch for the glow and for the SOC number to start climbing. Still nothing, unplug for thirty seconds and try again. Two vehicles need two circuits.

Will not start or move

Tow switch on RUN, key twice right, parking brake released, selector fully in F or R. That order, every time.

Anything that feels unsafe

Soft tire, steering that pulls, a brake pedal that goes long, a warning on the display. Park somewhere safe and legal and text us rather than finishing the trip on it.

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