Lessons From Riding in a Go Kart

So I have had two go karts and one golf cart in the last 8 years and basically I have learned that it was all a very bad idea. But hey that’s life right? So this is what I have learned

There was one time when the go-kart engine wasn’t working correctly. The carburetor was all screwed up or something. So that as soon as you started the engine, you had about 3 seconds to get into the go-kart before it takes off. Threw this I learned that to chase after a run away go kart with rubber boots is futile exercise. The go-kart had stalled and I started up agian but it didn’t give me the 3 seconds so it toke of across the road. Right after a Ford F-150 passed by and I can just imagine if the people in the truck ever looked in the rear-view mirrors that they wood think when they see a go-kart cross the road with no one driving and then a few seconds later see a tall slim boy running after it. From this I leared that no matter how strong your neighbor’s fence looks, its not that strong; it will not stop a run away go kart. After crosing the road the go-kart ran right into my neighbors fiber-glass fence and took part of it out. It then contintue un and took out part of their garden. I had pretty much gave up on chatching it by now.

For a while before I had any go-karts I had an old 3-wheeled golf-kart. They engine system was built like a minuture car. My sister one time trying to hijack it. And I took off after her. But unfortunatly for her the kart didn’t go very fast and she flipped it by turning up a hill while traveling on its horizontial incline. I especially learned the limits of these vichicles by this experience. But to sum it up it was like this; don’t try to drive a three wheel golf cart off road, and especially don’t drive it into a swamp…on purpose.It will get stuck…and you will crack the entire cast iron steering shaft, then your pretty much screwed.

If you don’t happen to get your self killed today there’s always tomorrow
If someone tells you that the go kart can’t be broken, tell them to wait a minute.
A go kart that can’t steer is not a good thing
Off roading is for off road go karts; like the ones with shocks
Don’t share the brake and gas with a friend, you will end up running up a tree
Just because you can drive a go kart doesn’t mean you can drive a car
Burning out is an art that is hard to master and lethal if you fail
Don’t put ATV tires on the go-kart, you will end up cracking the wheel hub when you run up a tree
Don’t stand on the go kart after riding, you will fall and place your hand on the muffler as you fall. Chaud! is French for ‘Dam! That shits hot’.
Work, find, or steal money because this machine is going to break all the time on you.
Note: Three wheel golf carts flip really easily
The ratio between working or fixing the go kart to actually driving is like 4:1. That is for hours working.
Once you realize its a pain in the ass to keep this thing around, good luck selling it. Apparently it seems like everyone is a lot smarter than you were when you bought it.
And if your really lucky you will live long enough to actually learn these lessons without killing your self or your friend
Make sure you do all the stuff that seems like a bad idea at the moment; they make great stories for your friends