what I have found when visiting my parents is with how big the villages has gotten an electric golf cart does not have enough battery life to get around when we go for a ride, I think it really depends on ones personal needs / wants If you buy a 2 stroke gas cart your going to have that smell a regular cart with a 4 stroke ( has valves and dont need have oil injected into the fuel it shouldnt be any worse than a lawn mower or even your vehicle .... sorry for the delay in answering you I dont usually get messages and never think to look in message area happened to today because I had to reset password