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Originally Posted by jimbo2012
Friends of mine are moving here soon so I wanted to show them around.
They want a elect cart (I'll add my solar panel to it)
So I brought them to Brownwood & LSL Villages Golf Carts to look around
Both salesman were like robots telling them how bad elec is one said they will only go 30 miles at best. To which I corrected him, manger jump in and agreed they go about 45 at brownwood.
LSL salesman was same deal they must all be trained by the same folks.
they both said the 17's had better mufflers to cut down the carbon dioxide smell of the exhaust. Just as he said that they drove a new 17 into showroom, I asked if smelled the exhaust he said no, we all looked at each other in shock!!!
I said do you realize you said the muffler removes carbon dioxide, he said yes it does........I told him its for noise not the smell..........he had no reply.
Asked to have the batteries upgraded to higher amp Rangers, he was deer in the headlights, brought out the service manager, said they wouldn't fit.
I asked why not, said they were too tall, I know for a fact they are only 1.5 inches taller, showed him that and he was bit baffled, said they never used them because they have the same power.
Again I explained they had 35% more amps and added range.
He backed off a bit when he realized I was knowledgeable about this subject.
So my friends asked what it would cost to have the Rangers installed.
$1300 ???? where the credit for the ones that came with the cart.............what wise guys.
Good thing I didn't ask them about lithium batteries!
Anyway their prices were extremely high my friends will shop outside the bubble.
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and what is the replacement cost??? My gas engine is over 13 years old and still runs great. The benefits of gas over electric are numerous...the benefits of battery are they are very quiet...and that's the only benefit. Oh and every single electric cart I've ridden in slows considerably on hills(perhaps the new ones do not, but the replacement cost of batteries every 4 years or so at +$350 or so is ridiculous in my opinion). As to solar cells...the technology as of today dictates you will never recoup the cost.