Gas vs Electric
Our first cart was electric for reasons you cited, fumes, noise and some people said our garage would smell. Later, we found that as a driver, it is very rare to smell fumes from your own cart and our garage does not smell. It is important to drive them correctly, at a red light the engine should be allowed to stop. I know of two separate renters who kept the engine running while stopped at a light and complained about fumes. The noise is minimal when driving at cruising speed, although they do make some noise while accelerating.
'Battery anxiety' is a term we have coined. It occurs when your batteries are a couple of years old and on a cool day you play eighteen holes at one of the more distant courses and your charge meter is in the red as you approach home on the return trip. It may also occur when you played 18 in the morning and you are considering a long trip after the cart has been on the charger for two hours. The 'go where ever you want' feeling far out weighs the noise of a gas cart.
Charlie
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