Electric vs Gas
 

I see this discussion a lot and yesterday did a practical exercise. We took off from our home in Chitty Chatty, drove to Walgreens in Colony Plaza, then drove around our old neighborhood of Duval. Then we proceeded to the Brownwood Square, over the 44 Bridge to Megasen Road, on to Bradford and finally swung East to home in Chitty Chatty. Approx 22 miles and the cart/batteries are 3 years old. The Gauge dropped below half, so my guess would be about 15 miles remains on the batteries. We drive this cart at least once a day, every day, so no replacement is in site for now. For us, we will never buy another gas cart due to the jerkiness, smell and worst of all the noise.

The Yamaha quiet tech makes a huge difference

Yes it does; however, it’s still jerky still smells and is still noisy. They are an improvement at the smell and noise problem over the carburetor version.

IMHO The Villages missed a golden opportunity from the get go, and should have ruled electric carts only.
Gas stinks.

The jerkiness you experience are from carburetor old carts or inexperience. Fuel injected carts don’t jerk unless you induce it. Glad you are happy with the electric cart. Pros and cons with both styles. Gas carts engines can run for ever if the operator has any clue of preventive maintenance. You will be buying 1k plus batteries in few years. While my gas cart will still be running fine when I’m in the grave. I’ve had both, both worked fine for my needs, but I like gas better.

I think the electric carts are too quiet. I like to hear what’s around me.

I've had both, mostly electric. When I moved down here full time I read a lot of the pros and cons and although I was for electric I bought a new Yamaha. I really like it, it's quiet, rides great, can drive forever on a tank of gas, does not have exhaust odors but most of all I don't smell battery acid nor do I have to worry about over filling the batteries and getting acid on my garage floor. I'm sold, gas from now on.

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I've had a Club Car electric cart for the eight years I've lived here, and it has been great. Only twice in eight years has it failed me, once due to my own inattention and the other caused by a bad charger. Two weeks ago I bit the bullet and bought a 2021 Yamaha gas cart, and I love it. It is quiet (not as quiet as my mostly silent Club Car, but quiet enough to have a conversation while underway without having to shout), it's not jerky nor does it vibrate. I get why people like electric carts, but with the new quiet technology, I'm sold on the Yamaha. The electric cart was limited to 19.5 MPH and I was getting tired of being tailgated and passed all the time, and the new cart goes just fast enough to stay ahead of all but the crazy fast carts out there. I'm very happy with the new Yamaha.

To each his or her own. I am not a fan of electric. We drive gas carts because I can’t find a manufacturer that makes a diesel.

What? No mention of lithium?
It's a game changer.

When I bring my Yamaha electric cart in for annual maintenance, The Villages Golf cars gives me a Yamaha Quiet Tech cart as a loaner. I thought it was me not knowing how to drive a gas cart with the way it jerks when I first press the gas pedal. I tried so hard to make a smooth start but no go. I much prefer my electric cart. Smooth as silk, quiet as all get out and no gas odor at all.

I've never smelled battery acid from our electric cart.

The amount of mileage I can get from my electric cart will never ever be driven in one day by hubby or me. That is a LONG way to go in a golf cart.

When we purchased our electric cart, we purchased an automatic water fill gizmo that fills the batteries perfectly every time. No worry about over filling. The water stops when the batteries are filled.

When we purchased our electric cart, we purchased a mat specifically for the garage floor so the floor is protected.

I'm sold. Electric is the way to go for hubby and me.

It was you. You engaged the clutch to hard.

The one thing I would like to change about my electric cart would be to make it go just a bit faster. I'd be happy with 22 MPH. I certainly don't want to speed like I see some of those gas carts can do. I've seen electric carts go much faster than the legal 20 MPH so there must be some way to make them go faster. I haven't looked into it though.