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It is a GOLF CART

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Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 1523688)

You must be filling the tank up to th neck. Being the filler neck is sunk in the top of the tank I find that you can be off by 1/2 gallon or so from one fill up to then next which can make big difference in comparing MPG from one tank to another. I documented my miles and tank fill ups for 6 months. Average MPG was between 42 and 47 in my 2012 EFI.

Miles per gallon? It truly does not matter. We put gas in it once a month. The tank if I recall is six gallons and to fill, ONCE A MONTH, takes less than five gallons.

Someone mentioned higher revs and wear. Again, IT IS A GOLF CART. Wear on the engine depends on many things including the load. There is no transmission shift. Going up hill, riding on grass, your weight, carrying two people, four people all put more strain on the engine. Increased load, increased wear. Higher gear with increased load increases wear.

For an economy run, you want over inflated bald tires, you want the wind behind you, you want to get rid of your windshield, roof and sunbrella cover THEN start on the engine and drive train. Heck the body adds ???? 300 lbs.
Manual clutch? Shift-able transmission?

NO THANKS

Re: The tank design

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Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 1523688)

Oh the yamaha and probably all the others the filler neck is sunk for a reason. Like any liquid gasoline expands as it gets warm. If, you fill right up to the top, trying to do a MOBIL ECONOMY RUN and it gets hot, the gas will expand and it has to go somewhere. It will seep out of the tank.
It might seep into the engine thinning out your oil. Spilled gasoline with a hot engine, electricity-just not a good idea.

When a thread starts out with the word beware, I almost always find out it isn't any really big whoopee-do.

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Originally Posted by thetruth (Post 1523778)

The truth is only idiots over fill the gas tank. Some take the governor out and the engine winds the engine up for for higher illegal speed which eats up MPG. It just glorified lawn mower engine which is not fuel efficient.

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Originally Posted by Bay Kid (Post 1523742)

I have been keeping records of every gallon and every hour for the past 12,000 miles on this cart. 50 MPG. Sorry, but true.

Must be way I drive! Foot to floor:pepper2:

Love our 2018 Yamaha. Plan to drive it til I die !

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Originally Posted by rjn5656 (Post 1514164)

Unlike previous year, Yamaha has changed the drive train. New cart does not have the quick acceleration similar to previous years. Takes a bit to get to 20 mph so you need to be careful pulling out in traffice. Otherwise nice cart.

So what!!!!!! Not in any hurry to get anywhere. Ours gets 50 mpg as did the 2013 we traded in. Life is good.

Sometimes, quick acceleration is needed and it is very nice to have and my Yamaha electric does have that quick acceleration. Having said that, our electric cart travels only 20 MPH on flat road, up to 21.5 on a downhill run and loses about .2 MPH going up hill. I go way ahead of some carts when starting from a complete stop but they soon catch up with me.

Thanks for the update, just purchased a 2018 and it responds fine when merging into traffic so far.