[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

How is that a problem? Yamaha makes the best personal transportation golf cart on the market. With all the $$$ their competitors throw at innovation, they are still chasing Yamaha. Yamaha showed great innovation several years ago by making a very quiet and reliable gas cart with an independent rear suspension. If it ain’t broke, why try to fix it? Same with Toyota/Honda/Nissan/Subaru. Unlike over engineered German autos, which are less reliable and cost a small fortune to fix, rice burners are extremely reliable. If I could purchase a brand new 1995 Toyota Camry or Tacoma, with a 5 speed manual transmission and no computer chips or sensors, I would snap it up in a heartbeat.
Here is hoping government regulations stay out of the golf cart business and don’t start forcing manufacturers to build unreliable pieces of crap. There are already enough of those golf carts out there from China.

Perhaps I was not clear. I have a gang of Yamaha stuff (gas cart, gas outboard motor, gas Jetski). The "Problem" I was referring to is they are great manufacturers but they are not at the vanguard of feature innovation. The "Problem" is that I want a Yamaha lithium 4-front facing concierge but they are not running point on installing lithium batts in their carts.

I have no problem with Yamaha's quality.