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Old 12-19-2012, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Superpace View Post
Can someone tell me how many miles they get from a full charge of an electric golf cart. I'm trying to decide between gas or electric. Disadvantage of the electric seems to be you can only get 30-35 miles from a full charge
Oh the great debate is on again gas or electric?

Well I have gas and love it. Cheap maintenace, about $6 in gas a month, and no worries about weather your charge is going to hold up. Remember this: All these people claiming you will get 45, 60, 75! miles per charge that is on NEW batteries. I can tell you from the experience of my good friends that have electric that when the batteries get old (about a year from when you are about to shell out $600 to replace them) you will not get that mileage and you will be dragging home at 10 miles per hour or stuck half way home.

My gas cart is 12 years old, maint. cost me this per year:
tune up kit $17 (plug, air and fuel filter)
oil change $7. (one quart of Mobile one)
one battery every 5 years $100.

I heard 80% of the carts in the Villages are gas there is a reason for that!