Golf Cart MPG?

[N44125]

What is the 'average' MPG (miles per gallon) that a typical gas golf cart gets? I know there's a lot of variables, I.e., type of use, on the golf course, etc. Just looking for a 'ball park' number.

Just curious.....

[debow]

What is the 'average' MPG (miles per gallon) that a typical gas golf cart gets? I know there's a lot of variables, I.e., type of use, on the golf course, etc. Just looking for a 'ball park' number.

Just curious.....

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

[Teryl1949]

70-80? Really... might want to recalculate that. I routinely get 42-45 on my 2013 EFI Yamaha

[redwitch]

You should be getting 250-300 miles per tankful. I prefer to have my tank be about 3/4-7/8 full. I've found that there's less gas smell that way.

[golf2140]

My 2016 EFI yamaha gets between 46 and 49

[ugotme]

Averaging about 40 mpg on my Yamaha!

[duhbear]

We're getting around 50 mpg on our 2003 Yamaha.

[biker1]

My 2014 Yamaha EFI cart consistently gets 50-52 mpg.

What is the 'average' MPG (miles per gallon) that a typical gas golf cart gets? I know there's a lot of variables, I.e., type of use, on the golf course, etc. Just looking for a 'ball park' number.

Just curious.....

[debow]

70-80? Really... might want to recalculate that. I routinely get 42-45 on my 2013 EFI Yamaha

Really, yes. My 2015 Yamaha is getting that. Sorry you don't believe.

[village dreamer]

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

[biker1]

Are you sure you are not using units of kilometers per gallon?


Really, yes. My 2015 Yamaha is getting that. Sorry you don't believe.

[Topspinmo]

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

And about 60 miles on charge if your lucky, and I would want to be close to home anything over 60 miles.

[Sable99]

Carts and Clubs serviced my cart this week. I asked for recommendations as my cart would sit for a while. He recommended that I use the recreational gas at the Marathan station at Pinellas. He said it costs more but would be cleaner and I would get a better gas mileage. I haven't tried it yet.

[Topspinmo]

My 2012 1/2 EFI Yamaha gets about 43 to maybe 46 mpg. Lots to consider, like driving habits, weight, hills, ECT. Just tad more than my accord which gets 34 to 38 mph in air conditioned comfort. Course when I really want to save gas I ride my C3 scooter which gets 115 MPG.

[photo1902]

Carts and Clubs serviced my cart this week. I asked for recommendations as my cart would sit for a while. He recommended that I use the recreational gas at the Marathan station at Pinellas. He said it costs more but would be cleaner and I would get a better gas mileage. I haven't tried it yet.

We noticed a big difference in our 2014 Yamaha FI. Quieter running.

I've filled up at Brownwood or LSL Golf Cart store for the last year.

[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.

Carts and Clubs serviced my cart this week. I asked for recommendations as my cart would sit for a while. He recommended that I use the recreational gas at the Marathan station at Pinellas. He said it costs more but would be cleaner and I would get a better gas mileage. I haven't tried it yet.

[Topspinmo]

Carts and Clubs serviced my cart this week. I asked for recommendations as my cart would sit for a while. He recommended that I use the recreational gas at the Marathan station at Pinellas. He said it costs more but would be cleaner and I would get a better gas mileage. I haven't tried it yet.


Is your cart EFI or carburetor? I think he means cleaner by not having alcohol blended in the gas which has small amount of water in it. IMO would still add gas additive if the cart set for more than 4 months.

[Shimpy]

We noticed a big difference in our 2014 Yamaha FI. Quieter running.

It was quieter because of better insulation added, not FI. FI is only a different way to get gas to the cylinder.

[fred53]

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

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. :D

[photo1902]

It was quieter because of better insulation added, not FI. FI is only a different way to get gas to the cylinder.

It was noticeably quieter once we began using Ethanol free versus regular gas which we used for the first three fill ups or so. We were even considering taking it in for a pinging/knocking noise which was hard to pinpoint. Nothing to do with insulation.

[kcrazorbackfan]

My 2015 Yamaha averages high 40's with regular gas, low 50's with the recreational 90 ethanol free gas. Anyway, it gets a heck of a lot better mileage than any other runaround vehicle I've ever had.

[biker1]

If there is pinging/knocking with regular gas there is something mechanically wrong with your golf cart. These are low compression engines and 87 octane is plenty of octane. I did try one tankful of ethanol free when we first got our cart and it made no noticeable difference. If you are noticing a difference with ethanol free gas you may want to consider having your cart checked out.

It was noticeably quieter once we began using Ethanol free versus regular gas which we used for the first three fill ups or so. We were even considering taking it in for a pinging/knocking noise which was hard to pinpoint. Nothing to do with insulation.

[Paper1]

What is the 'average' MPG (miles per gallon) that a typical gas golf cart gets? I know there's a lot of variables, I.e., type of use, on the golf course, etc. Just looking for a 'ball park' number.

Just curious.....
I've check my 2014 Yamaha EFI 4 or 5 times and get 46 to 50 mpg.

[photo1902]

If there is pinging/knocking with regular gas there is something mechanically wrong with your golf cart. These are low compression engines and 87 octane is plenty of octane. I did try one tankful of ethanol free when we first got our cart and it made no noticeable difference. If you are noticing a difference with octane free gas you may want to consider having your cart checked out.

Thanks. Pinging was the wrong word to use as it conjures up cars which used to do that from time to time. The noise was hard to describe but after 18 months it's running like a champ and I've used Ethanol free ever since.

[Bosoxfan]

Really, yes. My 2015 Yamaha is getting that. Sorry you don't believe.

You must of got a real special cart . Everyone I know gets anywhere between 45 and 55 mpg.

[biker1]

Consider Occam's Razor. Which is more likely: he is getting much, much better gas mileage than everyone else ( 50% better ), or his odometer calibration is off, or his odometer is set to report kilometers instead of miles?


You must of got a real special cart . Everyone I know gets anywhere between 45 and 55 mpg.

[Mleeja]

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. :D

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.

[dbussone]

Carts and Clubs serviced my cart this week. I asked for recommendations as my cart would sit for a while. He recommended that I use the recreational gas at the Marathan station at Pinellas. He said it costs more but would be cleaner and I would get a better gas mileage. I haven't tried it yet.



It does make a difference. Plus, no ethanol makes it better for your engine.

[JoMar]

And about 60 miles on charge if your lucky, and I would want to be close to home anything over 60 miles.

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?

[Bosoxfan]

My 2013 Yamaha EMI has over 27000 miles on it and I've never put anything but regular gas in it. I've never put any additives or used any special gas and it still runs as if it were new.

Who drives 60 miles in a day.? I have many times. Whatever I'm doing in The Villages I take my golf cart. Doesn't matter what the weather ,how much time it takes, or the fact that my car has AC & heat and it gets me there faster I still take my cart. Everyone talks about the main reason they moved here is the lifestyle. Well to me a big part of that lifestyle is traveling around in my golf cart. I live south of 466a and would never think of driving my car to play Lopez or Orange Blossom and have to use one of their carts when I can drive my own. JMHO

[rubicon]

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. :D

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:D

[outlaw]

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]

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.

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

[village dreamer]

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

[DonH57]

My 2016 EFI yamaha gets between 46 and 49

We get close to that. Ours EFI as well.

[dbussone]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.:popcorn:

[Roaddog53]

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

[JoMar]

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.:popcorn:

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]

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.

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]

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

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]

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.


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.

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:D

[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.

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:D