Part of the problem with gas golf carts is there is so little competition or dare I say government regulation, so there is very little incentive to really improve the motor and make it less smelly and more fuel efficient.

I bet if you asked Honda to design a great engine/golf cart that was still reasonable to buy, and gave them the money to do it, you would get an exceptional golf cart that would be hands above anything currently available for us to buy.

[QUOTE=jimbo2012;766095]Gas carts have batteries too!

Wasn't aware gas carts had more than one battery! :D

:gc: I know we've beat this subject to death. The gas versus electric debate will rage on until we all convert to solar! But I couldn't resist snipping and referencing the above posts, because ... :agree:

[quote=philnpat;766247]Thanks for the pointing our a grammar error.


Gas carts have a battery too!

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..... the bottom line is, gas carts sound like old army tanks and stink terrible. I would pay ten times the amount to enjoy our clean quiet ride in our electric cat. Thing is, it does not cost any more or very little more, so it's a no brainier for us. STINK VS CLEAN AIR And NOISE VS QUIET.


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I think this battery fire risk is unfounded for the most part and just a way some owners of gas carts justify their choice. There are risks with gas carts too as well as your toaster and many other house hold items.
I know we've beat this subject to death. The gas versus electric debate will rage on until we all convert to solar! But I couldn't resist snipping and referencing the above posts, because ...
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Bare, I know you think that the links on here providing proof there is a hydrogen problem associated with electric golf cart parties that may cause fires far more readily with an electric vs gas cart are phony claims but you must realize electricity does not fall out of the sky to charge those batteries.

Coal mines scar many areas that have been mined and then you have the extremely noisy, polluting trains that run constantly past The Villages moving coal to the power plants to provide that electricity needed for the electric carts. You also have the used, numerous batteries to contend with for disposal.

As you said, this subject has been beat to death. I have no problem with electric cart owners even though they pollute and cause noise indirectly. I encourage people to drive what makes them happy and go play. No one's mind is being changed here and I think there are many of us that will jump on the "nonpolluting solar bandwagon" if and when it is a VIABLE solution.

Batteries are the most recyclable item of all, lead is something like 98 or 99% re-cycled.

it is!

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I think this battery fire risk is unfounded for the most part and just a way some owners of gas carts justify their choice.
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No reason to try and bash gas carts and no reason to justify a choice of a gas cart if there is no profit to be made by doing it. It is hard to take this as non biased and being totally objective from a source hoping to make some $$ on electric/solar carts.

The subject of this thread is gas carts smell, agree?

read post #63 gas carts are not immune from risks.

Well for me to have an opinion that elec and or elec & solar is viable option is my position, which I can post herein.

On the other hand you can choose not to read my posts.

It's all about choices.

Never heard of a car dealer that didn't think their brand was the best which is fine but they shouldn't bash the other brands thinking it will make theirs look better.:D

All Yamaha gas carts are a sealed tank. While the cart sits in the garage you should have NO gas oder. Walk into The Villages golf cart store and you will only smell tires. Most of their carts are gas and you Do NOT small any gas at all.

But those are brand spanking new, there are documented failures.

Also been there when they drove one in the showroom, the fumes could knock you over

I like to hear what Jimbo has to say about Solar. I hope that soon it will be a viable option for all of us.

Well I thought I did state my view on solar, it works fine.

Please ask me what you would like to know.

We bought a 2013 Yamaha EFI gas cart a few months ago. NO gas odor. 200+ miles per tank fill. No battery-related anxieties. But yes, the electric cart makes less noise. It's all about priorities...YOUR priorities.

Gene & Kathy

Gene it is priorities and choices

but I can't agree there is no smell, all combustion engines have an exhaust that smells, drive behind one or in tunnel.

Those fumes are very much there.