[chacam]

Originally Posted by Russ_Boston

Why do we always need to split hairs on people's posts?

Why do folks post when they know not of what they post?

If you tell me what the law is, you should cite the Florida statute, not what you heard or thought or what someone told you. Lots of misinformation here because folks think they know it all.

[Russ_Boston]

Originally Posted by chacam

Why do folks post when they know not of what they post?

If you tell me what the law is, you should cite the Florida statute, not what you heard or thought or what someone told you. Lots of misinformation here because folks think they know it all.

Listen, (or read), I said that it was not a statement but a question. What part of that don't you understand? I asked others to correct me if wrong and someone then posted the FLA law. That is how this works. I never said it was fact. I was not posting misinformation and it was only .04 off of the law anyway even if I did say it was fact.

Can you honestly say that I was posting mis-information?

If you read the vast majority of my posts I try to help the person with the question. If I don't know something I will ask for help. I use a lot of links in my posts because I do take the time to do some research to help out.

[Tom Hannon]

Russ is one of the most helpful and most respected posters on TOTV and is loved by most of the nearly 15,000 posters on TOTV. HE IS ALSO MY NEIGHBOR. It is not fair to nit pick his references and estimates.

[batman911]

chacam,

Are you related to Mrs Shadow?

Russ,
Keep up your post. Looking forward to meeting you in person some day.

[downeaster]

As a test, I ran my 02 electric Club Car 42 miles per my GPS. This was on one charge. I only quit at 42 miles because of darkness and I was feed up with riding in a golf cart. 42 miles is equivalent to Ocala and back. There are places in The Villages that are out of reach in my golf cart. Not because it won't get me there and back but because it is just to far to ride in a golf cart.

So, as far as range is concerned, gas or electric makes no difference to me.

[bluedog103]

Originally Posted by Tom Hannon

Russ is one of the most helpful and most respected posters on TOTV and is loved by most of the nearly 15,000 posters on TOTV. HE IS ALSO MY NEIGHBOR. It is not fair to nit pick his references and estimates.

I think that's 15,000 members. I wonder what percentage of TOTV members actually post? Anyone know?
I know it's probably useless information but sometimes I find stupid, useless information interesting.

[Taj44]

Exactly. There seem to be a handful of people that post a lot, but many many "members" who never post. And a number of people that post a lot don't even live in The Villages. Too funny!

[golfnut]

i'm with russ, 19.6 or 20.0, neither will get you a second look, why nit pick. downeaster, 42 miles on one charge is excellent, my experience is about 25 miles before the yellow light on my CC comes on. Quote jebartle "As a courtesy to cars, we usually will move to cart path but return to street" If you feel the need to be courteous to cars why would you buy an LSV, also I'd like to know how many LSV owners have paid $50 reg fee and $101 annual insurance.....gn

[ljones190]

Originally Posted by downeaster

As a test, I ran my 02 electric Club Car 42 miles per my GPS. This was on one charge. I only quit at 42 miles because of darkness and I was feed up with riding in a golf cart. 42 miles is equivalent to Ocala and back. There are places in The Villages that are out of reach in my golf cart. Not because it won't get me there and back but because it is just to far to ride in a golf cart.

So, as far as range is concerned, gas or electric makes no difference to me.

I plan to buy a cart next spring and had not decided gas versus electric. The above comment makes a lot of sense to me and think Downeaster has convinced me to buy electric. Thanks for your post.

[golfnut]

ljones, i think you should base your decision on real life experience as opposed to postings on a website which can be helpful but shouldn't be your only source. I think you can rent both gas and electric and then make your own decision, try grandma and grandpas, not sure of the spelling but i think someone will correct me.....gn

[Vinny]

We had two guests a few weeks ago so I rented a gas club car. The passengers in the rear seats complained about the smell of gas and took turns riding up front with me. After three days we just used my car. I guess it all depends on your tolerance to the smell of gas and the noise of the gas cart.

No doubt that if the cart is going to be your primary means of transportation and used for daily golf and going from one end of the Villages to the other regularly, then gas is the way to go. I live between Lake Sumter and Rt. 466A and have no problem with my electric cart running out of juice. One thing to consider is that you can get a 48V cart which has a greater range than the 36 v. (?) one. I do not golf and charge my cart once a week.

I also do not see the need to use my cart when my car is more practical and comfortable. For instance, in winter, in the summer when the temperature is around 98 or for longer trips in the Villages. I had one person tell me that he got a gas cart so that if the electricity goes out in a storm, he could fill his cart from a can of gas he keeps in his garage or from his car. I reminded him that all he had to do was use his car if that was the case and it then dawned on him the truth of what I said. He really had not considered using his car as an option.

[Ohiogirl]

We've had an electric 2 seater for about 3 years, mostly used by our tenants or sitting idle. If I were to do it again, I'd have bought a gas one for use by tenants - don't have to depend on the tenants to properly check and fill the batteries.

That said, I like electric better. Quieter and don't have to lift a heavy gas can or get to the gas station to fill. And doesn't smell. And not as polluting. We don't live all that close to any gas stations. And it doesn't seem to affect the electric bill much either.

We are in the process of purchasing a 2nd cart to be a 2 cart couple, went back and forth on gas vs electric. Since we live close to what will be the middle of the Villages, we decided an electric 4 seater was the best option for us, but I agree that if you live in one end or the other, or use the cart most days on championship courses and a lot doing other errands, then gas is probably the way to go.

We have a 2005 Club Car DS, and have a new Club Car Precedent on order. If buying gas, based on everything I have read here, would have gone with a Yamaha. We do lose some speed on hills with the Club Car DS, but we are rarely in a huge hurry anyway and are probably talking about adding a couple of minutes overall to travel time.

[golfnut]

I agree with Ohiogirl, the speed lost on the occaisonal hill with an electric cart probably adds 2 minutes to a trip....gn

[red tail]

Originally Posted by golfnut

i'm with russ, 19.6 or 20.0, neither will get you a second look, why nit pick. downeaster, 42 miles on one charge is excellent, my experience is about 25 miles before the yellow light on my CC comes on. Quote jebartle "As a courtesy to cars, we usually will move to cart path but return to street" If you feel the need to be courteous to cars why would you buy an LSV, also I'd like to know how many LSV owners have paid $50 reg fee and $101 annual insurance.....gn

is there an underlying reason why you are so adamant against lsv's?