[rubicon]

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.

Fred53 "priceless

[rubicon]

Ï suspect the answer to how many miles per hour depends on the maintenance of the vehicle and the manner in which a driver drives ?

I generally will not let my fuel gauge go pass the half way mark. that a conditioned reflex from norther winter driving

[outlaw]

Originally Posted by biker1

You should see about 3% better gas mileage with ethanol free gas, but it cost about $1 more per gallon. If your cart will sit for an extended period of time then ethanol free would be an advantage. Otherwise it really doesn't matter.

Are you sure about the 3%? I recall calculating 10%+- mileage increase a couple of years ago. Just curious.

[outlaw]

Originally Posted by debow

I think I'm getting an average of 70-80 mpg on my Yamaha. Never really checked exactly but at that average, who cares.

So on a tank of gas, you're getting 300 miles range?!

[biker1]

Ethanol has 2/3 the energy of pure (ethanol free) gas and "regular" gas is 10% ethanol. Therefore, "regular" gas has 97% of the energy of ethanol free gas so you can expect 3% less mpg. If you are using a fuel that contains a higher percentage of ethanol then your mpg will be lower. Accurately measuring your mpg is not always that easy - there can be relatively large error bars on the measurement.

Originally Posted by outlaw

Are you sure about the 3%? I recall calculating 10%+- mileage increase a couple of years ago. Just curious.

[village dreamer]

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.

wow fred,if you don't like ele. carts,tell us how you really feel, just saying.......................

[DonH57]

Originally Posted by golf2140

My 2016 EFI yamaha gets between 46 and 49

We get close to that. Ours EFI as well.

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by JoMar

Who drives 60 miles a day in a cart? This place is only about 13 miles or so top to bottom and at an average of 16 MPH that's almost 4 hours in a cart. Any new electric can handle that easily but why would you?

I have a gas cart, and live just below 466A in Sanibel. A round trip to the area of Walmart on 466 is 28 miles. It's all the less than straight routes that make it more than one would suspect. If you include a trip to Brownwood the round trip is now just over 40 miles. Unfortunately golf carts don't go "as the crow flies."


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[debow]

Originally Posted by outlaw

So on a tank of gas, you're getting 300 miles range?!

All I can say is I bought a 2015 Yamaha last year when I moved here. Drove a bought 250 miles (almost all cart path miles as I explored the Villages). When I filled up the first time I calculated about 70-80 mpg. Don't remember the exact number.

[Bay Kid]

+-50 MPG every tank w/my Yamaha no mater how I drive.

[outlaw]

Originally Posted by biker1

Ethanol has 2/3 the energy of pure (ethanol free) gas and "regular" gas is 10% ethanol. Therefore, "regular" gas has 97% of the energy of ethanol free gas so you can expect 3% less mpg. If you are using a fuel that contains a higher percentage of ethanol then your mpg will be lower. Accurately measuring your mpg is not always that easy - there can be relatively large error bars on the measurement.

Thanks.

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by dbussone

I have a gas cart, and live just below 466A in Sanibel. A round trip to the area of Walmart on 466 is 28 miles. It's all the less than straight routes that make it more than one would suspect. If you include a trip to Brownwood the round trip is now just over 40 miles. Unfortunately golf carts don't go "as the crow flies."


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I live in Hillsborough and we must have different odometers...the trip to Walmart on mine is less than 28 miles round trip I have taken the cart to Lopez, played 18 holes and drove home and didn't come close to 50 miles. But I will recheck it the next time. I just know that when I did 55 miles it was 4+ hours in the cart.

[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.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Mleeja

Wow! Have an ax to grind here? The poster was just making a comment about an electric alternative. I don't think the post mentioned anything about "clean" non-polluting, etc.

I have both gas and electric carts. They both have their advantages and disadvantages. However, this is not the topic of this post... MPG is.

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.

[Roaddog53]

I get 45+ mpg consistently on my 2015 Carburated Yamaha Cart