There is no clear right or wrong in the choice of electric or gas golf carts. I had a gas Yamaha for 9 years and never failed to make it home. During that time, I helped many stranded residents with dead electric carts. Also, as someone else mentioned there have been several garage fires attributed to battery charging. With that in mind and the excellent service with my first gas cart, I recently bought a new Yamaha drive gas cart with a few more goodies. I had a speedometer installed so I can tell just how far I travel on any given day and I can now calculate my actual mpg ( 48mpg to date).