Neighborhood Guy’s Fancy Golf Cart Upside Down in More Ways Than One
It rolled once for every year of payments he has left
Maple Street—The guy who’s always flying by houses in a golf cart finally came in a little too hot Thursday afternoon, neighbors say, causing a minor inconvenience for other drivers and a major inconvenience for his personal finances.
The man, 36, caught the curb with one tire while looking around to see who was watching him go by, causing a chain reaction of overcorrections which resulted in a single-cart crash from which he instinctively fled on foot.
He won’t have the same luck escaping creditors, who say he still owes more than the cost of a used Nissan Versa, similar to the one his 15-year-old daughter currently needs for school and work.
The incident took place on one of the year’s first nice afternoons for a ride, one of the man’s cart buddies told The Chronicle.
“Payments on an extra car with no doors or windows really hit different during those nine and a half months of the year that you don’t want to be outside here in the Midwest,” the friend said.
Local police said they were aware of the situation. Officers briefly visited the scene to take a report and help residents disable the cart’s custom sound system which had played Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon on repeat for hours. They say the man has refused to move the wreckage, stating he plans to sell the vehicle on Facebook Marketplace and arrange for a pickup from the yard it landed in.
The man did not respond to The Chronicle prior to publication time, but a new area Marketplace listing advertises a 2025 PartyCart—gently used with some signs of use—for $18,000 cash or trade for a used Nissan Versa.
Follow The Southern Illinois Chronicle for more financial missteps and luxury auto coverage.