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Old 11-22-2023, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Justputt View Post
Just picked mine up last week. I really like it. The seats are fine for me because I'm tall (6'4") lots of headspace, but wife (5'4") may need something different for seating if she drives it much. Went for a drive from Dabney to Brownwood Paddock and round trip didn't use half the battery (210Ah lithium) and supposedly these batteries discharge the first half faster than the second half.
The drive was 40mins with the peddle to the floor (21-22mph), where safe, and yeah, car next time.... Sawmill is a breeze, but longer is just LONGER! The cart has tons of get-up-and-go, on the roads the cruise control is nice to have.

We may do different seats later, but no sense in buying something unless we know we want it.
The LFP battery chemistry is a pain to measure State-Of-Charge accurately since the battery voltage barely drops from 100-0 SOC. The ternary lithium chemistries have a larger voltage drop as they discharge. It is probably a safer bet to use the trip odometer rather than the fuel gauge