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Old 04-22-2011, 05:20 PM
kar guy kar guy is offline
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Just for information and nothing more let me state the following.
1. We used regular batteries in our cart and not the maintenance free ones.
Ours are not gel. They are Glass Matt. We had water filled batteries for the
test.
2. We drove at a speed of 19.5 miles per hour to make it legal.
3. We had a police escort the entire way so no one would get hurt by ???
4. We stopped every 10 to 12 miles to let other cancer survivors drive the
cart and check the batteries.
5. We went a distance of 80.6 miles on the cart before it ran out of energy
and had to push it into the Moffitt Center Office that night.
6. The lady, Joan Miller, of Belvedere, was the winner of the cart at her
guestimate of 80.5 miles.
7. We raised over $15,000 for the Moffitt Cancer Center on the pledges
that were taken on vendor nights in the squares.
8. We have over $15,000 worth of business donations to still give away
to all the 2nd place winners(over 100).
9. The last time we did this was in 2002 in the Utah flats under perfect
conditions and did an astounding 112 miles. Club car did not show up.
10. We under no conditions tell you to drive a cart for 80 miles. All we
state is that you can if pushed to that extent. You are ruining your
batteries when you do what we did. Remember your battery is like
a giant fuel tank...you can only go so many miles, or hours, or amps
till you need new ones. Just like you can only go so many miles on
a gas cart till you need more gas.
11. The cart was never modified in any way prior or during or after our
Miles for Moffitt endurance test.
12. Tire pressure was set at 35.
13. We have S.E.C.O. checking on how much energy the cart used and how
much it will cost to fully charge the fully discharged batteries.
14. The batteries were not new, they were charge about 10 times to us
using the batteries in the cart. Joan will recieve new Maintenance
Free battereies in her cart upon delivery.

I have not said anything on this site because of a few factors.
I have not advertised here for almost a year and because of restraints from other factors I could not do it for this great cause.
In the near future you will be seeing Columbia Parcar as a regular advertiser
on this site. Not because of being forced to do it, but because it is one of
the few sites in the villages that is worth supporting.

I hope I have answered most, if not all, of your questions.
I will not use this forum to keep answering questions because that ils just
not right.

Thanks, Greg Kar Guy
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