[JoMar]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

No axe IMO, just raising the BS flag

Yes, but most don't know where a dipstick is or what it used for and believe what the read on forums. He may not of mentioned the "clean" but the intent was obvious and doubt he even gets 1000 miles on gallon of distilled water.

He's pretty close....I have an autofill system and fill every 3 - 4 weeks. We have two carts and a gallon will last us about 10 weeks for both.

[Sherrie]

We have a 2013 Yamaha EFI and are getting around 50 MPG. We have around 3,500 miles on it now.

[Gerald]

I actually don't know what mpg I get on my golf cart. However , everyone I have talked to about what they get says, between 40 to 60 mpg depending on how and where you drive. if someone is getting more that is great. Personally it is simply a toy to me to get around the villages and play golf with. Have fun all.

[BamaBoy451]

I may get one of them Yamaha's every one brags about but I'm happy with my John Deere gator.

[autumnspring]

Originally Posted by Deaner

I've been keeping a spreadsheet of gas and mileage for our two carts over the last six months. Our 2 seat 2014 Yamaha got 42 mpg over 926 miles. Our 4 FWD 2014 Yamaha got 38 mpg over 1418 miles.

These posts have gotten to be amusing.
They read like-you can talk, about my home, my lawn, my wife just don't say anything about my golf cart.

All these quoted as accurate numbers probably are not accurate OR REPEATABLE. You numbers are close to what I would expect. For one thing your four seat cart is heavier. Were we doing a real test we would factor in wind direction. We would match tire pressure. We would drive exactly the same route. We would run the test at exactly the same temperature.

I will bet few people KNOW how much gas the tank in your golf cart holds. Or can fill it EXACTLY the amount twice in a row.

[biker1]

The size of the tank is essentially irrelevant except that the larger the tank the more accurate the MPGs may be. All you need to do is fill the tank till the pump cuts off - that will results in a full tank +/- 5% or so - and divide into the number of miles since last fillup. 50 mpg (+/-) is repeatable. We consistently go 200 miles on less than 4 gallons of gas. Several people have posted a range on their mileage - a reasonable thing to do considering variations in when the pump cuts off and driving patterns. The OP was looking for feedback on MPG, not results from a carefully controlled experiment. No reason to make a big deal out of this.

Originally Posted by suesiegel

These posts have gotten to be amusing.
They read like-you can talk, about my home, my lawn, my wife just don't say anything about my golf cart.

All these quoted as accurate numbers probably are not accurate OR REPEATABLE. You numbers are close to what I would expect. For one thing your four seat cart is heavier. Were we doing a real test we would factor in wind direction. We would match tire pressure. We would drive exactly the same route. We would run the test at exactly the same temperature.

I will bet few people KNOW how much gas the tank in your golf cart holds. Or can fill it EXACTLY the amount twice in a row.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by village dreamer

my electric club car gets about 1000 mpg of water...........just saying

Originally Posted by fred53

where your electricity comes from that you charge your electric cart. You might also want to consider where the dead batteries go, where they are mfr'd, how the products a battery consists of are made and what type of power they use to make them. Surely you don't actually believe everything that brings about your "clean" cart comes from renewable, non-polluting resources...no one is that naive in this super computer age where they have the ability to check all of that and more...should they so decide to get the facts before saying: "just saying"...

I'm sorry....I didn't mean to explode your "I'm saving the planet" mentality with facts.

What?
From reading Village Dreamer's post, I didn't realize he was trying to save the planet!
Could it be possible that he was simply making an offhand humorous comment?

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

What?
From reading Village Dreamer's post, I didn't realize he was trying to save the planet!
Could it be possible that he was simply making an offhand humorous comment?

I don't know, Bare. I think I've seen that golf cart. It's easy to pick out in a crowd. It's the one being followed by the water tanker.


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[John_W]

Be prepared if you switch over to the ethanol free gas. I have a 2011 Yamaha cart I bought new. For the first four years I used regular ethanol gas and put in the outboard additive. After the Marathon Station opened on 466A, I decided to switch to the non-ethanol gas.

First time out I played 18 holes at Belle Glade and it ran fine. As soon as we departed the golf course the cart choked and I could only get it to go 4 mph, if I pressed the pedal anymore it would die. I eventually got home in about an hour in the Sterling Hgts (Yankee Clipper/Southern Star) area.

I called Willie, who does my in home service on my cart. He came right out and said what happens is with the old gas ethanol builds up deposits in the fuel line and carburetor and the new gas breaks loose all those deposits. He flushed out my system and ever since the cart has been running great. Much better than it did on the old gas.

[bbbbbb]

I would like to have a boaster on here about great gas mileage, tell us just how you did that, precisely, how? On a prior trip, we rented a gas golf cart, let me tell you this, the gas mileage was nowhere near the values boasted here. OK now not to be uppity here,,,,,,,, my masters thesis was on the efficiency of a gas engine, compared while using gas and the with natural gas also did the pollutants with very good analytical scientific equipment furnished to me, loaned by Atlantic Rich-field company.
OK claim on all you want, not to be pushy here, but you could not give me the latest most expensive gas golf cart. Unless I could immediately sell it. Bought a new Electric at AGC golf cars, wonderful, just too good to be true.

[biker1]

50-52 MPG with a 2014 EFI Yamaha. Very consistent over 2+ years. It is an "applicance" - just put gas in it every 3 weeks and it just runs, and runs, and runs. I dont know what POS you rented.

Originally Posted by bbbbbb

I would like to have a boaster on here about great gas mileage, tell us just how you did that, precisely, how? On a prior trip, we rented a gas golf cart, let me tell you this, the gas mileage was nowhere near the values boasted here. OK now not to be uppity here,,,,,,,, my masters thesis was on the efficiency of a gas engine, compared while using gas and the with natural gas also did the pollutants with very good analytical scientific equipment furnished to me, loaned by Atlantic Rich-field company.
OK claim on all you want, not to be pushy here, but you could not give me the latest most expensive gas golf cart. Unless I could immediately sell it. Bought a new Electric at AGC golf cars, wonderful, just too good to be true.

[biker1]

You have a cart with a carburetor - can't speak to those. Mine has EFI and runs fine on 87 octane, 10% ethanol gas. The owner's manual says this is fine.

Originally Posted by John_W

Be prepared if you switch over to the ethanol free gas. I have a 2011 Yamaha cart I bought new. For the first four years I used regular ethanol gas and put in the outboard additive. After the Marathon Station opened on 466A, I decided to switch to the non-ethanol gas.

First time out I played 18 holes at Belle Glade and it ran fine. As soon as we departed the golf course the cart choked and I could only get it to go 4 mph, if I pressed the pedal anymore it would die. I eventually got home in about an hour in the Sterling Hgts (Yankee Clipper/Southern Star) area.

I called Willie, who does my in home service on my cart. He came right out and said what happens is with the old gas ethanol builds up deposits in the fuel line and carburetor and the new gas breaks loose all those deposits. He flushed out my system and ever since the cart has been running great. Much better than it did on the old gas.

[rubicon]

Yes mine also, 87 octane and 10% or less ethanol. My cart is now 11 months old and I haven't yet reached 1,000 mile recommendation to change the oil. So I called my dealer and asked if they could come out and do the oil change. When the mechanic arrived asked him to do the annual maintenance since he was here. Mechanic said you don't need to service cart until it reaches 4500 miles. Told mechanic I see him in about 3 years

[biker1]

The owners manual recommends oil changes every 1250 miles, IIRC. While the spark plug and air filter are probably good for 4500 miles, you might want to change the oil more frequently. Oil changes are really trivial - takes about 15 minutes.

Originally Posted by rubicon

Yes mine also, 87 octane and 10% or less ethanol. My cart is now 11 months old and I haven't yet reached 1,000 mile recommendation to change the oil. So I called my dealer and asked if they could come out and do the oil change. When the mechanic arrived asked him to do the annual maintenance since he was here. Mechanic said you don't need to service cart until it reaches 4500 miles. Told mechanic I see him in about 3 years