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Old 02-11-2012, 09:39 AM
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This will cause a fire storm.

There was a cost analysis done by the Villages Golf Cart store that was posted here. It covered the cost of the cart, the cost of battery replacement, cost of electricity, annual maintenance, gas, seemed to cover everything and compared gas to electric. Now a caveat, almost everyone who disagreed with this analysis, posted why it had to be wrong. However I own 4 carts, two gas and two electric and I found it very accurate. Their results were about $10 a month higher cost for electric.

Everyone I have ever talked to believes their cart is cheaper to run then the other kind. Doesn't matter if they own gas or electric. They believe theirs is cheaper. To a person they say "I didn't notice any change in my electric bill" when I got the electric cart. Or I only have to fill it once a month. That's like saying I can drive 200 miles on a half tank of gas so my car must get good gas mileage.

I believe the Villages cost analysis. And ownership so far proves that to be true.
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