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Old 08-08-2013, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr View Post
I was told that the batteries are now guaranteed for eight years.

The question I always have is that how much are you going to save in gas over buying a Corolla over time. Will you save the difference in the price of the car?

Obviously a Las Vegas cab driver who puts on 379,000 miles in a few years is going to make out very well but living here in the Villages where most of use a golf cart for much of our local travel would I really save? I put 7,000 miles on my car last year. At 20 mph that's 350 gallons of gas. At $3.50 a gallon thats $1,225. If I do that over eight years ( the expected lifespan of the batteries I will have spent $9800. I would only save a portion of that if I were to buy a Prius.
Why would you only be doing 20 mph?
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