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Old 04-19-2013, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by manaboutown View Post
Where did she find that much of a hill in Florida? She had to have had the pedal to the metal and no governor.

She could have ended up in Boot Hill.
I did a test tonight when picking up dinner. We headed south on Odell (between Mallory and Havana) starting at Stillwater . There are two pretty good downhill stretches.

I was in a cart that is built to not exceed 20 MPH, but it is a series motor, so no regen breaking and it rolls free. At the top of the each down hill I was going 19ish. At the crest I let off the go pedal and coasted. On both hills I reached a speed of 23ish.

I suspect if I had pedal to the medal it would be much faster down the hill. If you have that type of car and I see many older Club Cars out there, sounds like you need to be aware of your speed downhill even if the cart if built to only go 19ish.