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The responses quickly turned to Lithium vs. gas. By all means, buy a lithium cart if you decide to go with battery power. Old fashioned lead-acid batteries are a real pain given the need to regularly check the acid levels in multiple batteries and the potential for acid spills on your garage floor.

However, you need to consider the cart's comfort. Yamaha is the only cart with an independent rear axle. This makes a real difference in the cart's ride. As between Yamaha and other brands of gas carts, the Yamaha is much quieter.

Last month I rented an EZ-GO from Villages Carts at Lake Sumter Landing. The cart was brand new. It was so noisy and hard riding, I considered returning it before I was out of the Barnes and Noble parking lot. When I returned it the next week, I joked with the salesman that if I was selling Yamaha carts, I'd have an EZ-GO on hand and have the customer drive it before I ever let him in a Yamaha. In response he just smiled.