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Originally Posted by alwann
I agree that neither is completely "green," but as someone who will be renting a golf cart this winter, which is better? Is it really just a matter of personal preference? I called one cart rental agent who said he doesn't rent electric carts any more -- because people have too much trouble with them. What's that all about? Is pumping gas easier than plugging in the power cord?
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The short answer is yes, but for folks who rent them, not own them.
For someone who owns the cart, I doubt there is an issue. But for renters, I can easily see them forgetting to charge the cart and the owner being inconvenienced by having to fetch them from the side of the road. Gas could be filled up before you rent and you can travel quite a bit further than electric on a tank of gas. A weekly rental could easily cover 100 or more miles, meaning a tank of gas would suffice for a gas cart, but the batteries on an electric cart would definitely need a charge during that period.
If it were a monthly rental, then the batteries would require some minor maintenance - checking the water levels. Again, if it were your cart, this little maintenance item is trivial. But if you were renting your cart out, it's easy to imagine the renter won't do the required maintenance. So your electric cart (batteries) could get damaged.
I am not making a case for electric or gas when you buy a cart, but pointing out why I think the folks who rent carts often rent gas carts.