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BermudaSooner
10/9/2009, 10:56 AM
Any of the rest of you in the same situation as I am? Bought a "low speed vehicle" and with the OK and Federal tax credits it is basically free. Then OK goes and changes it's mind.

Looks like I may still get to keep my OK tax credit, but we'll see.
I Am Right
10/9/2009, 10:58 AM
I don't think some of the vehicles purchased will qualify.
Mjcpr
10/9/2009, 11:03 AM
I thought the OTC reversed their decision to disallow the credits.
yermom
10/9/2009, 11:05 AM
what's this now? i can buy a free golf cart?
StoopTroup
10/9/2009, 11:07 AM
They should. We could use gas or propane powered vehicles in industry but we can also use cleaner vehicles if it was advantageous. Why shouldn't everyone get a break if they are using something that's deemed Enviro-Friendly?
Mjcpr
10/9/2009, 11:08 AM
I thought the OTC reversed their decision to disallow the credits.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=12&articleid=20091001_12_0_OKLAHO61054&archive=yes
StoopTroup
10/9/2009, 11:15 AM
Here you go Yermom...you can get something to cruise down to the TG in now.


An existing state tax credit allows purchasers of electric vehicles to claim an income tax credit totaling 50 percent of the purchase price that can be spread over five years.
yermom
10/9/2009, 11:16 AM
http://www.adaelectriccars.com/custom/prodpage.php?action=proddetail&id=16

so they are street legal? are they tagged or what? how fast do they go?
yermom
10/9/2009, 11:18 AM
Here you go Yermom...you can get something to cruise down to the TG in now.

that, and to work...
StoopTroup
10/9/2009, 11:18 AM
http://www.adaelectriccars.com/custom/prodpage.php?action=proddetail&id=16

so they are street legal? are they tagged or what? how fast do they go?

Ummmm...


The vehicles, manufactured by Tomberlin, have been licensed with the Oklahoma Motor Vehicle Commission for more than three years and were engineered to be street-legal, low-speed vehicles, Gaddis said. The most popular model with no accessories sells for about $8,500, he said.
King Crimson
10/9/2009, 11:30 AM
in Perry, Oklahoma a lot of people where my grandparents live(d) and make the Cherokee Strip Run as kids.....used used to use golf carts to get around their small town. because it made sense. of course, now we all know that means socialism.
yermom
10/9/2009, 11:32 AM
Ummmm...

i read that. it didn't answer my questions :D
yermom
10/9/2009, 11:34 AM
in Perry, Oklahoma a lot of people where my grandparents live(d) and make the Cherokee Strip Run as kids.....used used to use golf carts to get around their small town. because it made sense. of course, now we all know that means socialism.

seems like a great idea, if everyone else is doing it. kinda like Smart cars.

i don't really want to share the road with a Yukon in one of those things
NormanPride
10/9/2009, 11:34 AM
They go up to 25 MPH and as with all other vehicles on the road must be tagged.
StoopTroup
10/9/2009, 11:36 AM
i read that. it didn't answer my questions :D

Your gonna want something that can get some air...huh?
yermom
10/9/2009, 11:41 AM
air is good...

but to be practical on a street with real cars, i'm thinking 35-40 would be nice (for an electric car in general, not really a glorified golf cart, like that seems to be)
King Crimson
10/9/2009, 11:58 AM
seems like a great idea, if everyone else is doing it. kinda like Smart cars.

i don't really want to share the road with a Yukon in one of those things

right, exactly. the peeps in Perry, OK make Barry Goldwater look like a commie fag.

but they dont' want to pay 3 bucks for gas.

this is while the whole partisan me vs. you thing is BS.
BermudaSooner
10/9/2009, 01:02 PM
Well, the Tomberlins were approved by the OK tax commission in August of 2008, and then disapproved yesterday. Looks like I may be grandfathered in, but not 100% sure. They initially meant to retroactively exclude the Tomberlins, but look like they may be forced to grandfather people who already purchased them due to a lawsuit filed by one of the sellers in Ada.

Should it be "approved?" The legislation says the LSV's main purpose can't be as a golf cart or off road. Well, it does have a pencil holder and clip for the scorecard, but that doesn't mean it is primarily meant as a golf cart. I use it to get around the neighborhood, and to and from the golf course.
I Am Right
10/9/2009, 02:09 PM
what's this now? i can buy a free golf cart?

Yes you can, and it comes with a Noble Peace Prize
Condescending Sooner
10/9/2009, 03:05 PM
Why should the taxpayers pay for your golf cart?
stoopified
10/9/2009, 10:58 PM
Sounds like a good idea in theory BUT I can't help wondering what happens when the inevtable occurs and there is a SUV or truck collision with an LSV.
Curly Bill
10/9/2009, 11:08 PM
If I have to help pay for peeps to have free golf carts I might purposely run over the bastages. :D
Curly Bill
10/9/2009, 11:14 PM
If I have to help pay for peeps to have free golf carts I might purposely run over the bastages. :D

er...wait a minute! I wanna win one of them Nobel Prizes, so...

...what I meant to say is that I love all of mankind and want us all to come together in peace, love, and harmony. :D
stoopified
10/10/2009, 09:00 AM
er...wait a minute! I wanna win one of them Nobel Prizes, so...

...what I meant to say is that I love all of mankind and want us all to come together in peace, love, and harmony. :DWho on here knew that Obama's SF username was Curly Bill? :)
instigator
10/10/2009, 09:42 AM
air is good...

but to be practical on a street with real cars, i'm thinking 35-40 would be nice (for an electric car in general, not really a glorified golf cart, like that seems to be)

Just get a Vespa. :texan:
yermom
10/10/2009, 09:44 AM
hey, if it was free,,,

Vespas are expensive
LosAngelesSooner
10/11/2009, 07:06 AM
My brother bought one of these for the tax credit and to run errands. It's pretty cool, but it isn't built that well. More like a gold cart than an actual car.