Golf Cart 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.....

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

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

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.

My 2016 EFI yamaha gets between 46 and 49

Averaging about 40 mpg on my Yamaha!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

You might want to consider....
 

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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?

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.

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

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?

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

Fred53 "priceless

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

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

So on a tank of gas, you're getting 300 miles range?!

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.

ele cart
 

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

We get close to that. Ours EFI as well.

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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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.

+-50 MPG every tank w/my Yamaha no mater how I drive.