Free first look
The machine, how it is used, and what you want from it.
Florida · Golf carts and low-speed vehicles
20 mph
20 mph
is a legal line.
Under it, a cart needs no title, no plate and no insurance. Over it, the same machine is a motor vehicle: titled, registered, insured, licensed driver, 35 mph roads only. Past 25 mph, nothing makes it street legal. So we measure before we build.
- 2020formed in
- 20 mphthe line
- 25 mphthe ceiling
- 35 mphLSV roads
What we do
Four jobs, one number first
Top speed gets measured before anything is quoted, because it decides which rules the machine lives under.
Carts and LSVs
Supplying golf carts and low-speed vehicles, with the category stated in writing.
See the programStreet-legal work
Converting a cart to a titleable low-speed vehicle, where that outcome is actually reachable.
See the programCustom builds
Lifts, wheels, seats, sound and paint, with the speed consequence spelled out first.
See the programService and batteries
Servicing, repairs, battery and charger work on carts and low-speed vehicles.
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How it works
How we work
Measure the top speed, settle the category, say out loud what the machine can legally become, and only then quote the work. Brakes and steering get sorted before anything that adds speed.
Top speed measured
The number that decides which rules apply.
Category settled in writing
Golf cart, low-speed vehicle, or neither.
Then the quote
For work that leads somewhere legal.
Working together
Ways to work with us
Quoted per machine after a free first look. Title and registration fees are paid to the state, not to us.
Service or repair
A cart or a low-speed vehicle, put right.
- Brakes, steering, tires, lamps
- Written report first
- Safety items before extras
- Batteries and chargers to spec
- Road tested before handover
Build or convert
Custom work, or a conversion to a titleable low-speed vehicle.
- Top speed measured first
- Category consequence explained
- Federal equipment list met
- Brakes matched to the speed
- Paperwork prepared for filing
What we will not do
Said up front, because the ticket goes to you.
- No street legal above 25 mph
- No speed upgrade kept quiet
- No lights-only conversions
- No promise of a state decision
- No unsafe brakes on a fast cart
Every engagement is quoted after a free consultation. No subscription.
How we work
A cart shop that tells you the number
CARTS GON WILD LLC is a Florida limited liability company with document number L20000377034 on public record with the Florida Division of Corporations, formed in 2020. The work is golf carts and low-speed vehicles: supply, custom builds, street-legal conversion work and service.
Everything turns on attainable top speed. At or under 20 mph a machine is a golf cart: exempt from titling, registration and compulsory insurance, and limited to roads approved for cart use. Over 20 and up to 25 mph it is a low-speed vehicle, which is a motor vehicle in law, so it must be titled, registered and insured, driven by someone holding a driver license, and kept to streets posted at 35 mph or less, and it must carry the federal equipment a low-speed vehicle needs down to a windshield, seat belts and a vehicle identification number. A lift, a controller, new gearing or taller tires can move a machine across that line without anyone deciding to, and above 25 mph there is no category left at all, which means no amount of equipment makes it street legal. So we measure the speed, we state the category, and we decline work that would leave a customer uninsured and out of category without knowing it.
Frequently asked
The questions we get most
What actually changes at 20 mph?
The legal identity of the machine. At or under 20 mph it is a golf cart: no title, no plate, no compulsory insurance, and road use restricted to roads approved for carts. Above 20 mph and up to 25 it is a low-speed vehicle, which is a motor vehicle: titled, registered, insured with personal injury protection and property damage liability, driven by a licensed driver, and limited to roads posted 35 mph or less. Same seats, same body, different law.
Can you make my cart street legal?
Sometimes, and sometimes not, which is why the answer comes before the invoice. A machine presented as a low-speed vehicle has to meet the federal standard for one, including lamps, turn signals, mirrors, a parking brake, a conforming windshield, seat belts at every seat and a vehicle identification number, and then it has to be capable of title in fact. Fitting lights to a cart does not make it a low-speed vehicle. If yours cannot get there, we will say so.
I want it to do 30. Can it still be road legal?
No. Above 25 mph it is not a golf cart and not a low-speed vehicle, and it cannot meet the federal standards that apply to a passenger car, so there is no road category for it to occupy. We can build you something that quick for private property, and we will not describe it as street legal, because anyone telling you otherwise is selling you a traffic stop.
My cart has bigger tires now. Does that matter?
It can. Rolling diameter affects attainable top speed, so taller tires alone can carry a cart past 20 mph. That changes the category whether you intended it or not, which means the machine in your driveway may now be an unregistered and uninsured motor vehicle. It is a quick thing to measure, and worth measuring.
Who can drive one on the road?
For a golf cart on a public road, a driver under 18 needs a valid learner or driver license, and a driver of 18 or over needs a valid driver license or other government-issued photo identification on them. A low-speed vehicle is a motor vehicle, so its driver needs a driver license, full stop. And impaired driving law applies to a golf cart just as it does to a car.
Will my insurance cover it?
Ask your insurer, not us, and ask before an incident rather than after. Golf carts are commonly excluded from a personal auto policy, and cover under a homeowner policy for road use is often limited or simply absent. A low-speed vehicle must be insured as a motor vehicle. We are not insurance agents and we give no insurance advice, but we will tell you which category the machine is in so you can ask the right question.
Got a cart, or an idea for one?
A free first look, and a straight answer on what it can legally become.