Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2378948)

How much? How frequently? Personal experience? ANY experience?

My guess is fewer than three people on this board know how much it would cost to replace the lithium battery in a golf cart because fewer than three people on this board have had to do it. (I want to say zero but there's always one)

An eight-year warranty implies a battery that will last ten years at a minimum. Not likely to be many ten year old lithium carts out there yet.

Originally Posted by forebubba (Post 2378956)

Have been for 8 years along with Stabil as recommended by carts and clubs where I bought.. same as with my lawnmower

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2379084)

Very first post after saying he isn't starting an argument and you try to start an argument... Classic ToTV...

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2379015)

When I bought our first cart (used, from The Villages Golf Cars), the sales guy said it had to be ethanol-free gas or it could take a year off the lifetime of the engine.

I didn't really think about that much, and paid the extra for the ethanol-free gas for a couple of months.

Then I realized - these engines can last 10 years or longer, and I was planning on replacing it before then. So who cares if it lasts a year less - it won't be mine then anyway.

So I switched to regular unleaded and I'm saving a small fortune, and my engine is fine.

Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 2378710)

So who is throwing regular gas in their carts???

Originally Posted by jimmy o (Post 2379110)

I use golf cart gas from the villages cart shops. It’s 86 octane as is called for by Yamaha, and 100% gasoline, no ethanol. 10% ethanol has less Btu’s and therefore not as good mileage. Some people mistakenly think higher octane gets better mileage but octane has zero effect on mileage. True that carts still get great mileage anyway even with ethanol , but why not get better? Plus, I love the convenience of villages garages golf cart gas stations.

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2379099)

Not trying to start an argument at all, simply asking the basis for the specific assertion.

Classic ToTV you say? Then I have a good idea where the assertion came from.

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2379400)

He simply said "I like gas carts"... No basis for that statement is needed...

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2379404)

That’s a heck of a summary but it misses some of the sentiment of the post, such as the words I highlighted in my reply.

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2379435)

Highlighting that one sentence doesn't help make your point...

Oh, and I found an interesting "signature" from a poster on ToTV...

It reads, "Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works."

Tis a shame that many don't follow this advice...

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2379436)

For sure, ‘tis. ‘Tis also a shame that posters don’t exercise better reading comprehension skills but that’s just the world we have to deal with.

Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 2378710)

So who is throwing regular gas in their carts???

Originally Posted by JRcorvette (Post 2378879)

Use any grade of gas it will not hurt it one bit. The only reason for using ethanol free is because gas tends to sit in a golf cart tank for a much longer time. If you fill up with regular gas just keep adding ethanol free when it gets down to half tank. There are additives that you can use if your cart will be sitting for a long period of time.