According to TV Carts 90% of carts sold are gas due to the size of the Villages. That an overwhelming number of Idiots and count me as one of them.

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How can a cheap post like that make it past Tony?

Ajbrown

Do not own a golf car yet but have not formally decided on the dreaded gas versus electric,I keep changing my mind. Great information, thanks for sharing.

With that many gas golf carts in TV, has there been an idiots club started yet? If so, I think I'll get a gas cart so I can join the club! http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j132/Induss/crazy.gif

You are welcome. I hope to redo that test with one year old batteries to see how far they have degraded. You cannot go wrong with Gas or electric as it is really a blast cruising The Villages. Only the people that follow you will notice your choice:1rotfl:

It just hit me that no one has mentioned which (gas vs electric) is worth more money after 4 years of use. It appears to me that a gas cart holds its value more than an electric. This could be that if someone is getting rid of an electric cart around that time it probably needs new batteries.

I do have a friend who buys and sells used carts in The Villages and he pays more for gas carts than electric because the resale demand leans towards gas.

If you were buying a car one of the first things you look at is resale value.

I understand there is a "Village Idiots" club for those who want to do nothing. They meet once a month for breakfast in PJ's! so I have heard (yet unconfirmed) and my wife desperately wants to join! I guess they all drive their GAS carts to each meeting :1rotfl: :1rotfl: :1rotfl:

Gas vs electric resale value
 

I believe gas carts cost more when new, and both electric and gas appear to depreciate at about the same rate. This may change when TV gets bigger, although electric carts might keep getting better. Again, all depends on where you live, how many carts you have, and how/where you use them.

Electric is the way to go
 

I’ve tried both electric (Club Car) and gas (Yamaha) before settling on my Tomberlin. My first concern was range and I tested it by going from the far NW corner of TV to the far SE (466a shopping center), onto Sam’s, thence to Lowes, onward to Publix at Mulberry and then home to the far reaches of Chatham Village.

My reserves showed better than 50% more at that time and I was tired of driving around. I could easily have gone back to Sam’s and home again. The electric LSV allows you to legally go faster on roads within TV as well as to be able to cross highways surrounding TV. I choose to never drive on high-speed surface roads such as El Camino Real and Buena Vista – my inability to keep up with traffic on these roads endangers both vehicular traffic and me. Instead, I drive on the cart paths with the ignition turned to #2 – this restricts me to legal golf cart speeds.

The key to keeping your electric vehicle batteries in good shape is to fill them evenly and regularly. The automatic fill devices make this a piece of cake. Go electric intelligently and you will have a faster cart with essentially unlimited range. All you have to do is regularly replenish the batteries and remember to plug in the charger.

And u have to get the vehicle registered and insured just as u would a car.

BBQ, I recently did a range test with my Tomberlin E-Merge 2 with 6 US Battery 8 volt GCXC that are two years old. After 26 miles it came to a dead halt. But that was pretty much pedal to the metal most of the way with no stopovers.

If I understand the route you took, it would have been close to 29 miles which is at the upper end of the stated range spec for the E-Merge 2, but you said your gauge showed only 50% usage.

Did you have the range extending 8 six volt battery option installed perhaps?

What are the effects of ethanol?

Yes, I do have the eight six volt batteries. I'm surprised to hear it makes that much difference. Are you using the auto fill system?

HMLRHT1 - Yes, I did have to go and get m Tomberlin registered. This is a one-time event. I do keep it insured, just as I kept my golf carts insured. I do not understand the belief that having to have insurance is a big deal. My liabilities are the same whether I am driving a golf cart or a LSV. Accidents, uninsured motorists, vandalism, etc are equally likely in either vehicle.

Insurance costs exactly the same through USAA - $90 every six months.

BBQ am curious....how do you get to Sam's in a golf cart??

Simple, he crosses 441 at the intersection of Rolling Acres Rd. which he is allowed to do legally since his Tomberline is not a golf cart but is a Low Speed Vehicle (LSV) and is registered and has a Florida License Plate.

The ‘big deal’ is that most of us are paying around $450 per year to insure our LSVs. That USAA insurance you have is only available to veterans. It’s still worth it to me and others with LSVs for the higher legal speeds when we need it and being able to cross highways to get to places not accessible by regular golf carts.

In general 8-6v batteries will go 33% further per charge that 6-8v batteries. I am not sure what type of gauge you have that says 50%, but the key to longevity of the pack is not discharging them to less than 48.4 volts.

Thanks.....guess he must get to rolling acres via target shopping plaza. Also opens up access to 5-guys with a LSV. Got me thinking............:thumbup:

Chuckster - You are right on this.

Put 55 miles on my cart today, glad I have gas, We use it as our main vehicle during warm weather.

I believe those that think electric carts are energy conservation friendly are missing the point. Ride around in an electric cart all day and it is going to need an 8 hour charge overnite. That means plugging in the electric charger and running it all nite. It takes electricity to run the charger but where does the electricity come from and how is it generated?

Tomberlin
 

Curious, can you buy a Tomberlin with 8 six volt batteries?

Also anybody have a Tomberlin with solar panels?