COMPANY PROFILE: eNVy

eNVy Electric Neighborhood Vehicles

With a history of building incredible machines, the Intimidator Group is proud to add the eNVy® to its line-up. Whether you need a vehicle to golf, cruise the neighborhood, do work around the house, or be a workhorse for cities, the eNVy is the best choice.

Company Name: eNVy Electric Neighborhood Vehicles Website: http://ridewithenvy.com/ Headquarters: Batesville, AR Phone Number: (855) 307-0933 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ridewithenvy

Designed with durability in mind, the eNVy is built to last. The all-welded American steel frame creates the perfect base. Automotive plastics, electric motor, and plush seating are features that create a great ride. Additional extras like regenerative braking, LCD screen, storage, and cargo space are the envy of others.

The all-electric eNVy® Neighborhood Vehicle not only looks good, but there are many standard components you will love! Some of these include storage areas, seating options, 12-volt electrical outlets, double USB ports, and power steering.

Did you know that the eNVy® intuitive dash contains the

latest and greatest technology? This is similar to what you experience in newer cars and trucks! This interactive display not only has a 7” LED screen, but also shows battery life, speed, and even allows for custom settings.

Did you know that you can set two different passcodes for drivers on our eNVy® Neighborhood Vehicle? The passcodes can be changed from the main menu screen and allows operating parameters to be set for each code. This way, if you so desired, a faster speed could be set for the owner and a slower speed for the operator. This definitely sets it apart from your typical golf cart!

Each eNVy vehicle is packed with a variety of standard features that take it beyond your normal personal transportation vehicle (PTV). See why these features will make others Ride with Envy.

• Keyless Ignition • Adjustable Seating • Rear Seat Storage • Turn Signals • Regenerative Breaking • Upgraded Tires & Wheels • Underhood Storage • Rotomolded Plastics • Intuitive Dash • Independent Suspension • Deluxe Seating • Power Steering

For more information on eNVy Electric Neighborhood Vehicles , visit their website at http://ridewithenvy.com/.

D-Alli behind the wheel of GR2

Meet D-Alli: Carolina Carting Legend BY DR. MOUNCE

Debbie Allison is a ray of sunshine behind the wheel of a golf cart. During her morning social ride, she opens up about her passions for kindness, fitness, and the golf cart lifestyle.

When I rang Debbie Allison, she put me on speaker. She was driving one of her golf carts – affectionately named GR2 (Grandover Rolls Royce) – around her North Carolina neighborhood of Grandover, in Greensboro. She also spends a lot of time driving CR2 (Crescent Rolls Royce) – her cart in Crescent Beach, a neighborhood in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She said her 3-legged rescue dog named TyneDiamond (TyneD to her humans), was along for the ride, and I imagined they were both in their usual bedazzled pink garb.

In December 2014, I was gifted a book for Christmas by someone who barely knew me. Lemons to lemonade (Little Ways to Sweeten Up Life’s Sour Moments) by Addie Johnson, is a collection of short stories, quotes, tips, and quips designed to perk you up. I asked D-Alli if she remembered giving me that book. Oh, she remembered, but that could wait. She quickly transitioned the conversation back to me. “Before we go any further, how are you doing? How’s your family? What’s happening?”

Afterwards, D-Alli tells me that in a year and a half, she will be 70-yearsyoung. “I’m just a mere 68!” She laughs at this, and it is contagious. She parks GR2

by a clubhouse and tells me about the fun courses she used to teach. “We used to offer horseback riding,” D-Allie says. “But one day they told us the students weigh too much.” She is passionate for helping others with their fitness, and although she is retired, she still teaches college credit courses such as physical fitness, walking for fitness, and pickleball. She is a spunky lady standing only 5’1” – “on a good day,” she reminded me. In Greensboro, D-Alli is the top-ranked pickleball female in her age group. She has won multiple tournaments around the Southeast and is a North Carolina State Games Champion. Pickleball is perfect for D-Alli’s golf cart lifestyle. She carts to most of "I try to be as positive her pickleball matches. “We use GR2 for grandkids to go to their favorite as I can be. The meaner fishing holes, creeks, visiting friends, school, golf, swimming, and tennis people are to me, the too,” she delightfully informs me. “We can also drive CR2 right to the Possum Trot pickleball courts,” she says. “The beaches have also learned that many people won’t go there if kinder I am to them. It’s such a novelty thing today, and we need it they don’t have pickleball courts! Even the smaller communities have now more than ever." added pickleball courts to their rec centers or near the piers.” – D-ALLI

Cheer practice is also along her cart path. The High Point Rah Rahs do routines that are part cheer and part dance, and they range in age from 63 to 81-yearsyoung. She tells me about winning gold at the North Carolina State Games. “The Durham Divas & The Dude had always won it. We were disqualified our previous year because one of our girls had to have surgery, and that dropped our numbers below the minimum. But that disqualification really spurred us on. It broke our hearts. But we came back the next year and won the whole thing.” They perform at halftime shows at High Point University, for church groups, various country clubs, retirement communities, and parades. They cheer to help others be proud of who they are as a person. The Rah Rahs create bonds, spread joy, and inspire others. “Both R2s have always started – even if they sit for several months…great carts!” She says compared to other ways of getting around, carts are the most social way to move about. Runners and bikers zip by too fast to bother, but golf carters are ready to mingle. She says, “People talk to you in golf carts. It’s different. It’s not like you’re in a car with the windows rolled up. People don’t communicate in cars when you stop. But in the golf carts, people might have their chairs and coolers loaded up right there in the back. They usually are not in a big hurry anyway.” She continued, “It is amazing that I can ask other golf carters how to cut over to the new Dick’s down there. And people will tell me, go over the river bridge, cut through there, and you’ll get right in behind that outdoor mall.” “You kind of wave at each other when you pass people, even if you don’t know them. It’s a neat experience. It’s like you’re in a club, you know? People need that socialization.” “I was not a golfer,” she says. “I didn’t grow up riding around on a golf cart, but then when my family got a place in Crescent Beach, my dad also got a cart. When he passed, he left it to me. I then realized there’s a whole golf cart world that is embraced down there.” One of D-Alli’s favorite stomping grounds in GR2 is the entertainment hub of North Myrtle Beach known as The Horseshoe – the area at the end of Main Street that is a focal point for concerts and other events. She tells me, “The Horseshoe concerts have gotten so big that you can pull up in your cart, and you don’t even have to get out. It’s just like the drive-in theaters we used to go to.” D-Alli’s communities also support a very functional golf cart lifestyle. “You don’t even need a truck, because most things I can stick in the back of the golf cart,” she tells me about Crescent Beach. “I’ve carried a twin bed, two nightstands, pine needles, groceries, and all kinds of things from place to place. A lot of people don’t realize the usefulness of a golf cart! I go to Lowe’s, Home Depot, the grocery store, and bring stuff back and forth on my cart a lot,” she continued. “And people help you. It’s a community like I have never experienced before.” Back in Grandover, she takes her grandkids to school and much more. “GR2 takes the grandkids to swim practice, tennis lessons, to get a special snack, even fishing. They carry their nets to the creeks and pull fish right up. They go trick-or-treating and ride to Easter egg hunts.”

D-Alli and grandkids in North Myrtle Beach As we wind down our talk, she needs to start getting ready

Dr. Mounce grabbing coffee, which he consumes voluminously, in Pittsboro, North Carolina.

D-Alli with her pickleball medals

for a church Elves’ Ball meeting. The Elves’ Ball began in her living room as an idea for those who work so hard behind the scenes. She invited parking lot attendants, audio-visual technicians, greeters, ushers, bulletin makers, coffee/hospitality folks, and all those who volunteer their time to make church happen on a regular basis. Over the years, it has grown well beyond her living room. Now, they must meet in the church itself to accommodate everyone involved. “We celebrate and appreciate what they do throughout the year,” she says.

I ask her what is left on her bucket list. Maybe there is somewhere she would like to visit. “Oh, I don’t need to travel anymore,” she says. “I’ve got GR2 and CR2. They take me to the community. Carting keeps me healthy; it keeps me thinking positive things, and I think what’s most important is to have wonderful friends. I try to make life better every day. Just a little bit better is my goal. A little bit kinder, a little bit better. That’s all we’ve gotta do.”

Before she left, D-Alli had a revelation for me. In December 2014, she took a chance on hiring a guy for an adjunct position in her department at the college. She even invited him to the department Christmas get-together, even though he had never taught a class there yet and had never met anyone there besides her. She even had a gift for him, a tiny book called Lemons to lemonade (Little Ways to Sweeten Up Life’s Sour Moments) by Addie Johnson.

“You know why I hired you, don’t you?” she asked me. “It wasn’t because of your degrees, or your other teaching experience, but it was because you listed your time driving a school bus on your application. I thought that was so cool, that you thought bus driving was important enough to list on your application for college professor.” Thank you, D-Alli, but trust me, you’re the cool one.

Dr. Mounce is a professor and author that lives with his family, dog, goldfish, and plants in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. So many of his golf shots ended up in the wilderness he started writing bigfoot books, which you can check out at squatching. com. He also podcasts with his friends about lake monsters and aliens at allthings-unexplained.com. Despite actively going allout at sand volleyball and clay-court tennis, he also loves the simple joy that is riding around in a golf cart. Dr. Mounce would love to hear from you on social media (FB & IG@dr.mounce & @allthingsunexplainedpodcast; Twitter @drmounce1 & @ atunexplained), and you can whoop at him by emailing the_ bigfoot@yahoo.com.