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Old 01-28-2024, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
Downside to battery power: it takes a few hours to recharge, and there's no way to do that away from your home. If the power goes out at your house - your battery isn't being charged. Good luck using it tomorrow.

Meanwhile, my gas cart will run on the same tank of gas for a month, I can fill it up in around 1.5 minutes at any gas station, and if the power goes out, who cares. My golf cart still works just fine and I don't have to wonder if it'll get me where I need to go in the morning.
I don't know if it's quite that bad. I don't remember my power ever being out for more than an hour; I would still expect my cart to be charged and available tomorrow.

If the event is so bad the power is out for a significant amount of time then it is probably out for the gas stations as well. That being the case, you won't be pumping gas into your cart while my generator will still be charging my cart (plus running my refrigerator and internet connection).

Honestly, I've heard more complaints about 2023 Yamaha gas carts in the last week than I've hear about electric carts in the last three years.
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