We had two guests a few weeks ago so I rented a gas club car. The passengers in the rear seats complained about the smell of gas and took turns riding up front with me. After three days we just used my car. I guess it all depends on your tolerance to the smell of gas and the noise of the gas cart.
No doubt that if the cart is going to be your primary means of transportation and used for daily golf and going from one end of the Villages to the other regularly, then gas is the way to go. I live between Lake Sumter and Rt. 466A and have no problem with my electric cart running out of juice. One thing to consider is that you can get a 48V cart which has a greater range than the 36 v. (?) one. I do not golf and charge my cart once a week.
I also do not see the need to use my cart when my car is more practical and comfortable. For instance, in winter, in the summer when the temperature is around 98 or for longer trips in the Villages. I had one person tell me that he got a gas cart so that if the electricity goes out in a storm, he could fill his cart from a can of gas he keeps in his garage or from his car. I reminded him that all he had to do was use his car if that was the case and it then dawned on him the truth of what I said. He really had not considered using his car as an option.
