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[QUOTE=Mike3461;2220013]Do you have a late model Club Car brand golf cart? Have you also owned Yamaha? What is your opinion of each?

If you have an older Club Car, is your longevity and repair experience acceptable?

Unfortunately those of us who answer will be so diversified you probably won't get much help, but here goes. Our new Club Car Tempo was delivered a mo. ago. Our trade in, an 18 year old Club car was running
great the day they picked it up and brought the new one. Over the years we've had most popular brands, EZ-Go, Yamaha, etc. and way back, I mean WAY back, one no longer made, a Harley Davidson ! Only one electric and that was enough for us (one electric EZ-Go), but to each their own. That is not the topic here, gas versus electric. We bought a club car again because the 18 year old one was just a work horse with only minimum maintenance... ALL done at home. Twice a year oil and filter and a new gas filter. In all those years, and all those rounds of golf, replaced the tires ONCE, and the new set did cost much more and wore out MUCH faster ! Replaced the battery ONCE in 18 years and the spark plug twice ! At the time we bought the new one a month ago, it did need more than "home maintenance" as the turn signal was not working and oil and filter is about as far as our skills go. Club car is the only one we've ever had through our whole life that took so little maintenance and ran perfectly. Relative in the field of course design and construction, who travels the country and beyond, told us that is why you will always find more golf courses whose fleets are Club Car than any of the other brands. He readily admitted the others are just fine, but Club Car is the choice of more fleets at courses due to its ability to withstand super hard wear from all manner of drivers who do some crazy things with the carts and yet still go on and on and on. No real negatives about the other brands we've owned, but the EZ-Go electric was just not for us. The Yamaha was just "okay", required more professional (expensive) maintenance for all kinds of "this and that" little annoyances but would not "bad mouth" Yamaha at all. It's just the amazing amount of abuse and neglect a Club Car tolerates that keeps us loyal...LOL !