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Originally Posted by PersonOfInterest
How many of drive your gas cart in excess of 50 miles in 1 day? How many have done 50 miles in 1 day even occasionally?
True that the Gas cart will be able to out distance the electric and recover and refuel much quicker, but I would venture that few, if any, ever use a golf cart to that extreme. Even now that the Villages has grown and expanded the distance I don't see many people driving golf carts those extreme distances. I think most people in the Villages tend to stay within the area where they live and I'd be surprised if many clock even 30 miles in a day.
Time is also a factor. Even in retirement most of us still have schedules and many things we want to do in any given day. Do you really want to add an hour to a trip at the far end of the Villages just to take a golf cart instead of getting there by car?
I think the argument of Gas vs. Electric has no practical merit even here in the Villages. The argument is about circumstance that is never an issue for most people. I'm not an advocate of either one and I have both a gas and an Electric. I clock more miles on the Electric than the gas.
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Finally, common sense. I tell people I'm not at death's door, but I sure as heck can see the cemetery from here! Why would I waste so much of my remaining time running end-to-end or even a long way (>30 mins) in a golf cart of any description when I could cover that distance in a car in minutes? How many people are trying to find slower ways to get to work or shopping??? The clock is ticking....