[Dusty_Star]

Does anyone know anything about the cart fire in LSL area yesterday (8-13-2023)? I read that the woman & the clubs were rescued, but the cart was incinerated. Take a look at the Villages News site that must not be named, if you are curious. It looks like the cart was just a pile of rubble at the end. Amazing.

[Dotneko]

Originally Posted by Dusty_Star

Does anyone know anything about the cart fire in LSL area yesterday (8-13-2023)? I read that the woman & the clubs were rescued, but the cart was incinerated. Take a look at the Villages News site that must not be named, if you are curious. It looks like the cart was just a pile of rubble at the end. Amazing.

And their usual bad reporting tells you nothing other than there was a fire. No cause. Are their reporters from the middle school?

[Dusty_Star]

Originally Posted by Dotneko

And their usual bad reporting tells you nothing other than there was a fire. No cause. Are their reporters from the middle school?

Completely agree with the lack of 'reports' in the reports. No details whatsoever. That is why I was asking. Some must know.

[bhoward]

It must have been an electric cart. Glad I have gas.

[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by bhoward

It must have been an electric cart. Glad I have gas.

Sorry, gas cart can burn also, a small leak, and a nylon gas tank, can make for a big fire.

[Topspinmo]

My money on gas that had no preventive inspection or maintenance done?

[tophcfa]

All is good, gas or electric is unimportant as long as the golf clubs came out OK : (

[asianthree]

Our club up north had the cart barn burn to the ground. One couldn’t tell what it was that caught fire. All 60 carts were electric, no gas storage in barn.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by asianthree

Our club up north had the cart barn burn to the ground. One couldn’t tell what it was that caught fire. All 60 carts were electric, no gas storage in barn.

Not knowing the circumstances it could of been number of things like faulty wiring due having to charge all those carts, faulty chargers, or environmental problem like lightning strike.

[Djean1981]

If you go to the related article on the un-nameable news / infotainment site, and zoom in on the crumbled remains. It looks like it was a gas cart.

[Bilyclub]

A pile of goo.

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by bhoward

It must have been an electric cart. Glad I have gas.

Why does this Gas vs Electric nonsense continue in The Villages?

Gas golf carts are legacy products and you probably won't be able to buy a new one, in another 3 or 4 years.

Electric Golf Carts have an 82% Market Share in the USA and a 64% Global Market Share.

They are demonstrably cleaner, more efficient, more convenient, need less maintenance, quieter and more comfortable. Gas carts have been banned by most so-called "golf cart communities" around the country.

Defending, advocating and even using a gasoline power golf cart, is no different than saying you have no use for a refrigerator, because your Ice Box works perfectly fine. Gasoline carts are dinosaurs and no amount desk pounding is going to change that.

[UpNorth]

Originally Posted by bhoward

It must have been an electric cart. Glad I have gas.

I've seen several gas cart infernos burn to the ground in The Villages. I feel safer in an electric cart.

[mickey100]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

Why does this Gas vs Electric nonsense continue in The Villages?

Gas golf carts are legacy products and you probably won't be able to buy a new one, in another 3 or 4 years.

Electric Golf Carts have an 82% Market Share in the USA and a 64% Global Market Share.

They are demonstrably cleaner, more efficient, more convenient, need less maintenance, quieter and more comfortable. Gas carts have been banned by most so-called "golf cart communities" around the country.

Defending, advocating and even using a gasoline power golf cart, is no different than saying you have no use for a refrigerator, because your Ice Box works perfectly fine. Gasoline carts are dinosaurs and no amount desk pounding is going to change that.

But you know some people just have trouble with "change". Anything different or new is immediately suspect, hence all the dissing of electric cars, wind and solar power, etc.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

Gas golf carts are legacy products and you probably won't be able to buy a new one, in another 3 or 4 years.

That’s why I recently bought a brand new quiet tech and have three nice gas carts in our garage. This legacy kind of guy should be all set for the rest of my life : )