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Old 03-28-2016, 06:05 AM
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I would estimate that 80-90% of the carts below 466A are gas. Almost all of carts in my Village are gas. Several people I know who started out with electrics got rid of them and bought gas carts. The only thing I am biased towards is dependable, low maintenance vehicles. I have better things to do then worry about whether my batteries need to be watered, what the charge is, how much range is left, are any of my battery cells going bad, did I forget to plug in, etc. With electrics, the more deeply you discharge the battery pack, the shorter the lifetime. There are no such worries with gas carts.

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Originally Posted by JoMar View Post
It seems that you are a gas head and that's ok.....during the times I rented here the owners provided gas carts and I rented a second gas cart. We had issues every year, electrical failure, seals leaking, gas smell in the garage. When we moved here in 2014 we bought two NEW electrics. I'm an electric head...... I will say that the farther I drive north the number of gas carts is higher but down here below 466A I hear less and less gas and see more electrics. The OP should do their own research and make an educated decision rather than listening to those of us that are biased either way.

Last edited by biker1; 03-28-2016 at 06:51 AM.