4OB32L Ocean Blue 4 Seat Electric Golf Cart Rental Guide, Destin And Miramar Beach

01

Getting In: The Key Is Under The Front Seat

The front seat lifts on its armrest and the lockbox is sitting there beside the battery. Grab the armrest, swing the cushion up, and it is right in front of you.

1. Lift the front seat by the armrest. Not the cushion edge, the armrest.
2. Roll your four digits into a straight line. They sit half a notch off more often than you would think.
3. Slide the black button down and take the key. Drop the seat before anyone sits back on it.

02

Before Anyone Drives It

4OB32L is not lifted, which genuinely helps. A lower body means a shorter step in and a lower center of gravity than the lifted units. It does not make it 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. Anyone else driving is prohibited use, which voids coverage and shifts responsibility to the renter.
3. Car seats come 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.

03

What Gets Written Down At Delivery, And Why It Protects You

The condition record we complete at delivery is not paperwork for its own sake. It is the reason nothing surprises you at return.

• Walk around it with the driver. Point out any scratch, scuff or mark and make sure it is on the record before the driver pulls away. Every vehicle is also photographed before it leaves the shop.
• What is not on the record cannot come back at you. That is the whole point of doing it while somebody is standing there.
• Sand and normal scuffs are not damage. You are renting a beach vehicle. Nobody is charging you for a sandy floorboard or a week of normal use.
• What does get charged is specific and listed. Lost key or remote $50, missing charging cord $50, a stranded tow $200, late return $100 per hour, and any citation passed through plus a $35 administrative fee.
• Return standard. Charged to 90 percent or better and left plugged in. Under 90 percent is a $100 charge.

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 single 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

The Number Above The Wheel

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 needle to interpret.

A full pack is good for about 20 to 22 miles, which covers a normal day around Destin and Miramar Beach with room to spare. Watch the number, not the clock.

06

Plugging In

Standard wall outlet, every night, about eight hours from low to full. Plug it in any time it is parked at the house too, and watch the SOC percentage climb rather than guessing.

• 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.

07

Lights And Music

Wake the dash, 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 do the real work. For music, key to on, open Bluetooth on your phone and select this cart's speaker. Keep it low enough to hear a siren, and turn it down through the neighborhoods at night.

08

Driving Destin And Miramar Beach

4OB32L 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.

09

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. Prefer to collect it yourself? Self pickup from the shop at 76 N Holiday Rd in Miramar Beach, next to the Cumberland gas station, costs no more and no less than delivery.

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.
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.

10

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.

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