[tomwed]

What size garage did you buy?
Do you and yours have separate activities?
Is money an object?
Do either of you get cold in the winter or hot in the summer?

[biker1]

The statement about the 21st Century is a bit strange. Can I assume you drive a Tesla or some other electric car? If you don't, then I am not sure I understand your point. I would much rather "fool" with oil and gas then "fool" with battery acid. By the way, Yamaha sells both gas and electric carts so I don't understand your statement about "scare tactics" from Yamaha sales. Charging your flooded lead acid batteries in your enclosed garage is not without issues. Once every 3 weeks or so I put gas in my cart - it provides low maintenance, dependable transportation at a low cost without the issues of dealing with unsealed batteries. Buy what you want and I hope you enjoy it but please refrain from making false statements about a technology you don't appear to understand.

Originally Posted by cavalier65

Why gas? Smelly fumes and high noise--go through any tunnel and prove it to yourself. Even on the golf course the lawn mower gas engine is objectionable. Do not believe the critics who claim you cannot get the driving range---50 miles. There is no reason in The Villages to exceed 35 miles in one day. If you live in Oceola and want to go to Spanish Springs--use your car. Batteries being replaced and costly, etc. is a scare tactic used by Yamaha sales. Every 5 years is not too much, plus, you do not have to fool with gasoline/oil. It is the 21st Century

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by baustgen

It all boils down to one question. Can you remember to plug it in every night. If not, buy gas. You can always take your car to get more gas. If you are out of battery, you are not going anywhere for hours.

If you can't remember to plug it in then maybe you shouldn't be driving anyway

[mrf6969]

When I do an observation on the cart paths or carts parked in the town squares it appears that somewhere between 70-80 percent of the carts are Yamaha gas. If this was not a monster of a community then I am sure all I would be seeing is electric carts.
We all love quiet but honestly I stopped in and test drove a new 2016 Yam gas cart the other day and I was very impressed how non-noisy it was at cruising speed.

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by biker1

The statement about the 21st Century is a bit strange. Can I assume you drive a Tesla or some other electric car? If you don't, then I am not sure I understand your point. I would much rather "fool" with oil and gas then "fool" with battery acid. By the way, Yamaha sells both gas and electric carts so I don't understand your statement about "scare tactics" from Yamaha sales. Charging your flooded lead acid batteries in your enclosed garage in not without issues. Once every 3 weeks or so I put gas in my cart - it provides low maintenance, dependable transportation at a low cost without the issues of dealing with unsealed batteries. Buy what you want and I hope you enjoy it but please refrain from making false statements about a technology you don't appear to understand.

It seems that you are a gas head and that's ok.....during the times I rented here the owners provided gas carts and I rented a second gas cart. We had issues every year, electrical failure, seals leaking, gas smell in the garage. When we moved here in 2014 we bought two NEW electrics. I'm an electric head...... I will say that the farther I drive north the number of gas carts is higher but down here below 466A I hear less and less gas and see more electrics. The OP should do their own research and make an educated decision rather than listening to those of us that are biased either way.

[mrf6969]

Talk to the cart rescue services and they will tell you they pick up a lot more elect golf carts than they do gas. That alone just may say something.
A cart poorly maintained in time will fail no matter if it is gas or electric.

[biker1]

I would estimate that 80-90% of the carts below 466A are gas. Almost all of carts in my Village are gas. Several people I know who started out with electrics got rid of them and bought gas carts. The only thing I am biased towards is dependable, low maintenance vehicles. I have better things to do then worry about whether my batteries need to be watered, what the charge is, how much range is left, are any of my battery cells going bad, did I forget to plug in, etc. With electrics, the more deeply you discharge the battery pack, the shorter the lifetime. There are no such worries with gas carts.

Originally Posted by JoMar

It seems that you are a gas head and that's ok.....during the times I rented here the owners provided gas carts and I rented a second gas cart. We had issues every year, electrical failure, seals leaking, gas smell in the garage. When we moved here in 2014 we bought two NEW electrics. I'm an electric head...... I will say that the farther I drive north the number of gas carts is higher but down here below 466A I hear less and less gas and see more electrics. The OP should do their own research and make an educated decision rather than listening to those of us that are biased either way.

[biker1]

My 2014 Yamaha is quiet at cruising speed - just sort of hums along.

Originally Posted by mrf6969

When I do an observation on the cart paths or carts parked in the town squares it appears that somewhere between 70-80 percent of the carts are Yamaha gas. If this was not a monster of a community then I am sure all I would be seeing is electric carts.
We all love quiet but honestly I stopped in and test drove a new 2016 Yam gas cart the other day and I was very impressed how non-noisy it was at cruising speed.

[jimbo2012]

think about your carbon foot print GoSolar, 70 miles

You don't need no stink n gas

Originally Posted by biker1

I would estimate that 80-90% of the carts below 466A are gas. Almost all of carts in my Village are gas.

I'm not sure of that estimate, mine is 60%, I'm only here 3.5 years but that what I see IMO



.

[RickeyD]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

think about your carbon foot print GoSolar, 70 miles

You don't need no stink n gas







I'm not sure of that estimate, mine is 60%, I'm only here 3.5 years but that what I see IMO



.

I so thought about my carbon footprint when I traded in my 454 Chevelle for a 327 Stingray. Now I can cruise down the road in full compliance with all the greenie weenies out there [emoji8]

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by biker1

My 2014 Yamaha is quiet at cruising speed - just sort of hums along.

Same here. Very happy with our 2014 Yamaha. No doubt some of the older carts are noisy and may have fume issues, newer ones don't. I'm open to gas or electric, but unless I saw a time tested electric cart which held up to the mileage claims, I wouldn't trade my gas cart for anything.

[jimbo2012]

Originally Posted by photo1902

Same here. Very happy with our 2014 Yamaha. No doubt some of the older carts are noisy and may have fume issues, newer ones don't. I'm open to gas or electric, but unless I saw a time tested electric cart which held up to the mileage claims, I wouldn't trade my gas cart for anything.

HOw about this test let someone drive your cart, you drive behind it, then tell us what fumes you don't smell, better yet go thru a tunnel.

they smell, are noisy & vibrate.

IN about 10 days the solar cart will be on demo at the Squares, come and kick the tires


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[biker1]

Regarding the "solar footprint" argument, the impact from running a gas cart is below minuscule. Unless you have put PV panels on your roof and drive only electric cars such as a Leaf or Tesla, such comments hypocritical.

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

think about your carbon foot print GoSolar, 70 miles

You don't need no stink n gas







I'm not sure of that estimate, mine is 60%, I'm only here 3.5 years but that what I see IMO



.

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

HOw about this test let someone drive your cart, you drive behind it, then tell us what fumes you don't smell, better yet go thru a tunnel.

they smell, are noisy & vibrate.

IN about 10 days the solar cart will be on demo at the Squares, come and kick the tires


.

We get it. You dont like gas carts. Some of us (most) do. I follow gas carts nearly everyday. No, I don't smell fumes and I don't get choked going through tunnels (by the way I go through three of them nearly every day, for a round trip total of 6 times. And yes, I will definitely check out the solar display, but your negative attitude won't necessarily win a bunch of gas cart people over.

[jimbo2012]

Most folks that say that lost their sensitivity to smell,
it happens to some as we age, I'm not trying to be funny, it's fact.