[jane032657]

Well I do have an update of sorts. You just won't belief the controversy I started without ever meaning to. So I told you in another post on this thread I called Yamaha Corporate. Innocent enough, asked questions and got information. Then decided to buy at Carts and Clubs. Wrote my sales person in The Villages golf store and thanked him for his help, told him I was buying in Ocala and why. I mentioned the enclosures, the windshield, the 23/24 mpg on the governor, the warranty confirmation from Yamaha. Just the facts. Nice email. Saying thank you and why I chose somewhere else. Now you will notice in my post above I said both places are good to buy from, you just have to decide what is important to you.

Well, I sent the email on Friday to The Villages Golf Car salesperson. Ordered my golf cart on Saturday from Carts and Clubs.

On Monday, I got a call from the sales manager of ALL the golf cart stores in The Villages wanting to know everything that Yamaha Corporation told me, in detail. So I told him, he was very nice but wanted to know the details. He did of course inform me of the legal mileage of 20 which we all know, and discussed the warranty, etc. And told me that The Villages had met with the President of Yamaha in September. He said he was going to call Yamaha corporate.

An hour or so later, I got a call from Yamaha corporate wanting to know who I talked to there, when, what time, how long, what they told me etc. I would say the only area of dispute that they raised with me is that 20 is the legal limit and they would not tell anyone to turn it up to 23/24, which their representative did. The reason they say to turn it up, and Carts and Clubs and the Yamaha representative both stated, is that because the 2017 has a high performance clutch, it will be better for the cart to have the governor set at the higher mileage of 23/24.

The person from Yamaha corporate said they never should have told me that, they are not supposed to say that. I said, well your representative told me its better for the cart and so did Carts and Clubs where you test carts out. So what is the truth I asked? He said he would not comment on this issue.

So I do not know what goes on behind the scenes, but as The Villages Golf Car stores are their biggest client I am sure, it must have caused some dispute or controversy about what I was told, since in The Villages they do not turn them up or service the carts that are set at the higher 23/24. It certainly took me by surprise to get called by the Manager of all the golf cart stores here in The Villages and from the Yamaha Corporate. All I was trying to do was get to the truth and order myself another cart since I sold my other one when I thought we were moving, which we are not. I just was asking questions everyone asks on this forum. Just digging for facts on a Friday. Nothing more.

And a speedometer and gas gauge come with the 2017 as standard equipment. Also if your cart is set to a higher mileage and you want it services at Villages Golf Cart stores, they told me set it down before you bring it in and they will service it. And you turn it up yourself after.

The fact that Yamaha would not comment on if it is better to have the governor set at 23/24 leads me to my own conclusion, I will leave you to form your own.