There will be anecdotal information to support any view. In an attempt to get beyond personal anecdotal information I called one of the companies that offer AAA-like service for golf carts. I figured that they would have the best notion of which carts are most prone to be in need of a tow. Without equivocation he recommended the gas Yamaha for reliability.
However, I have a strong dislike of gas carts - mostly because of their noise but the fumes can be a bit of a problem as well. In probing him about electric carts he surprised me a bit by saying he has had a lot of calls to tow recent vintage EZ-Go carts (perhaps issues with their new AC motor???). I was interested in the Star Car for its leg room as well as its tax rebate and asked him about them. He said that they went through a period of reliability issues but lately they seemed to have cleaned up their problems and have not been a major problem.
On the negative side of Star (and perhaps most electrics except EZ-Go), when we had an extended test drive we found that indeed going up hills was a little like the Little Engine that Could - "I think I can, I think I can". We will still likely go with the Star for the afore-mentioned reasons but if it weren't for the leg room (which my wife needs because of knee issues) and the rebate, I may be tempted to go with EZ-Go because of its ability to deal with hills and its not needing to have a parking brake to keep it from rolling (and despite the report on reliability issues).
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