Golf Cart Gas Mileage
 

We have been here full time for a year now. We bought a new 2020 Yamaha Quitech, 4 seater from The Villages last September. I have to say I am simply amazed by the mileage. The first time I checked I thought, this is too good so I will check it again. I calculated the mileage 3 times and have averaged 53 miles per gallon! We have already logged 1900 miles in 9 months on the cart.

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I have never checked the mileage but I know I can burn through a tank of gas in a week.

Yes, that's about right.

Get out of the city! Where or where do you go? Or maybe where don't you go? Lol

my new yamaha 2021, one mouth old gets 47mpg, my camry hybrid gets 55mpg.

We go everywhere, Brownwood a number of times, the other squares, both Walmart’s, Lowes, Dollar Tree, down Morse, onto Moyer Loop, now over the 3 new bridges, north, south, east and west.

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Sorry for being off topic, but can anyone tell me how to start a new thread? I see no place/button to do so.

Thanks

Yamaha strongly recommends recreational gas which is expensive. My car gets better mileage then my golf cart.

go to forum/villages general discussion and there will be a red banner on the left side of the screen

I have had 4 golf carts in the last 10 years. Checked gas mileage very carefully on all. Never attained more than 43 mpg on any. the neighbors and friends that I have spoken to , have had results similar to mine. 53 MPG?

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Thanks!:coolsmiley:

No, they don't. Read your owner's manual.

My '12 Yamaha 4-seater has always got +50 mpg, except when 5 of us cruised TVs, only 48 mpg. On regular gas, over 15,000 miles.

fantastico

Where is the Dollar Tree store that is accessible in golf cart?

Next to Bealls near Fresh Market.

When I played over 1100 rounds of golf last year(2020),I was filling my 2015 Yamaha
up usually twice a week. Never have checked my gas mileage. Just fill up and go.
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Lead foot?

Yamaha Gas 2015 - 357cc - 42mpg

Motorcycle 2019 - 1820cc - 40mpg

Car 2020 - 2000cc - 32mpg


My guess is the Car is probably the most efficient of the 3. I don't usually think about gas mileage.

Must have been only executive courses. That’s an average of three per day, every day, 365 days. Wow! I can’t even imagine how many “points” you must have gotten. Obviously, all those rounds were as a single, with no permanent groups. I guess you must meet a LOT of people.

49.6 MPG for 3 year old Yamaha. I have a lead foot. Combination golf and going places every day.

None legally.

My math 1900 miles in 9 months is 211.11 miles a month at 53 mpg 3.98 gal per month.
There is no precise fill line on the tank. The circumference of your tires are not calibrated.
We use our cart regularly or the wife does. We use ABOUT four gallons a month.

It is not really designed for fuel economy. High wind resistance, single speed transmission and constant start, restart. A four seater adds weight in the body. Add in four people say 185 lbs average is another 740 lbs. You need power, burn gas, for every pound.

The number does not matter. What is of value is if it goes down by say 10% something is wrong.

Golf carts have CVT transmissions - not single speed - many possible gear ratios (not discrete) as the two clutches change diameters based on load and speed.

Do you use regular or premium gas in your golf cart?

Stabilizer?

Someone I know who is very familiar with boats and motors (a lifetime spent on the water) always said that regular gas in small engines was junk. Use the highest octane you and find.

Re: lead foot
Not sure it matters. Assuming your cart is set to the legal 20 mph, you/we are all driving with your foot to the floor boards. Some are wide open before the peddle is down to the floor but you are still running at top governed speed.

Golf-driving on the grass takes more energy-fuel-than driving on the road.

Read your owner's manual. In the case of Yamaha carts, fuel with no more than 10% ethanol is recommended. If the cart is going to sit for some period of time then a fuel stabilizer may be called for. Since the engines are low compression, I don't see the need for premium fuel. Curiously, Yamaha does not specify an octane requirement. Regular (87 octane) seems to be just fine.

They recommend unleaded gasoline with less than 10% ethanol. I have had a couple repair people suggest that the recreational gas is better because it stores better and does not contain ethanol. One guy suggested it doesn't smell as much. :shocked:

That’s excellent mileage. I just ordered a 2022 Yamaha. I’m anxious to check the mileage on it.

Re: recreational gas.
It is alcohol free. Alcohol which in this country comes from corn, is not only more expensive than gasoline, it has less potential energy.

Previous experience. I had an old outboard engine. Due to them adding alcohol to the fuel my engine was not built for the fuel. I had to rebuild the carburetor to take the new fuel.

Your car, depending on manufacturer, assuming it is not an antique, is designed for 10% alcohol. Some cars can take the higher alcohol blends, It is a good idea to research the car you own and to know.

There is no shortage of misinformation.
All gasoline is the same. In fact it all flows through the same pipeline. What changes is the detergent package added by the supplier before it is delivered to the retailer-the gas station.
Octane is a measure of the gasoline's ability to resist knocking. Knocking is when the gasoline is already developing pressure as the piston is still coming up. Obviously that will damage the engine.
A modern car will have a knock sensor and will retard the timing, when the spark plug fires if the fuel is causing knock. This will reduce power and thus use more fuel per mile.
People who purchase fuel at places like Walmart, Costco truth is you do not know what you are buying.
High octane fuels tend to also be higher detergent fuels. Depends on what you are driving. A turbo, a supercharger may well require high octane fuels. Often they will suggest brand names.
Your golf cart, it is MY OPINION a waste of money.

Taken from owners manual for 2020 Yamaha quiet tech golf cart
 

Taken from our owners manual
“ Recommended fuel:
Unleaded gasoline
Fuel tank capacity:
22.0 L (5.8 US gal)
Gasoline-based fuels containing more than 10% ethanol are not recommended.‘

Ohiobuckeye
 

We had a 2018 & got 240 per tank of gas. My 2012, I only got 210 miles per tank, also I had 26,000 miles on it when I traded it for my 2018 & never had a single issue with my 2012. 53 mpg is great, thanks for sharing!

When we first started renting here - i was surprised how little gas we used in the golf cart. We rented around LSL - and mostly drove to/from LSL.

After we bought (near Brownwood) - all of a sudden we are driving to BW, some nights to LSL - and now to Ednas or Fenney Grill. We are using more gas each week.

Yep. I generally recommend that people RTFM. Lots of good information to dispel urban myths.

We have a 2017 Yamaha Quietech Drive 2, which gets 87 octane gas. I have installed a GPS based odometer/speedometer (eliminates the tire size problems) and we are currently getting 42 MPG on the first 4 tank fill ups.

There is one on Wedgewood Lane in Buffalo Ridge Plaza. It is in strip with Home Goods, Marshall’s, Beall’s, and Pet Store. Across from Fresh Market.

What is recreational gas.?)

That's the gas you get when you drink too much beer. :a040:

There is one in the Buffalo Ridge Shopping Center and one through the GC gate in historic section over by Walmart on 441.