[garyroberts]

So0rry to be late in any response to this continuous question. However I will be moving to TV in October and have looking into the purchase of a cart. My wife,Pat would like a four seater. I do not have a preference. I have done research on "Yamaha"."Club Car",EZ-go and STAR. I am leaning towards Yamaha (gas) but would like some "feed back" on the Star. If anyone has any infor on this golf cart I would greatly appreciate. Thanking you in advance. gary
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[doug11]

I went for electric cause of the stink and noise of gas carts... e z go has the new rzv that has incredidble power....i did lots of research as well....i ended up at the e z go factory store....dougyb

[graciegirl]

We were going to get a new electric four seater but ended up with a used gas four seater because it was an excellent deal. It was advertised in the paper. Too bad golf carts don't have odometers. Someone suggested putting on a new muffler and extending the exhaust out further to offset the smell and noise to the riders, but Mucci, the little woofer, says the noise and smell will now go directly at him. Oh dear. Never any perfect solutions.

[carlent]

Gary....I just hope you will re-consider and get an electric cart. Each person on earth has to do thier part to keep "green" Gas carts are loud and stinky and do no good for this earth.
Thank you

Carlent

[Peachie]

Carlent, I'm under the impression that the electricity used to charge battery operated carts is not from solar panels on the golf cart's roof. This article from SECO illustrates some of the "green" problems encountered in their production of electricity. http://www.secoenergy.com/pdfs/SNJun08.pdf
Also, some people are fearful of battery operated carts because of a few fires that occurred while the batteries were being charged. I encourage tolerance for the choices people will make for their Village transportation. I think when the environmental perfect golf cart is introduced most of us will jump on board immediately. For now, I'm ok with whatever people choose.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Peachie

Carlent, I'm under the impression that the electricity used to charge battery operated carts is not from solar panels on the golf cart's roof. This article from SECO illustrates some of the "green" problems encountered in their production of electricity. http://www.secoenergy.com/pdfs/SNJun08.pdf
Also, some people are fearful of battery operated carts because of a few fires that occurred while the batteries were being charged. I encourage tolerance for the choices people will make for their Village transportation. I think when the environmental perfect golf cart is introduced most of us will jump on board immediately. For now, I'm ok with whatever people choose.

You know Peachie. That is what you are! Peachie. I like your style!!

[villages07]

This is not to be judgemental of gas vs electric, just a question I've wondered about.

Does anyone know how good or bad gas powered golf carts are as it relates to pollutants that they emit? I assume these gas engines do not contain any pollution controls on them like we have in our autos. I had heard or read somewhere, unconfirmed, that they emit more pollutants than an auto.

Anybody know the facts???

[SteveFromNY]

Originally Posted by villages07

This is not to be judgemental of gas vs electric, just a question I've wondered about.

Does anyone know how good or bad gas powered golf carts are as it relates to pollutants that they emit? I assume these gas engines do not contain any pollution controls on them like we have in our autos. I had heard or read somewhere, unconfirmed, that they emit more pollutants than an auto.

Anybody know the facts???

V07 - You are right about pollution control devices, and I'd bet in an apples-to-apples scenario, the golf cart would produce more pollutants. Not unlike all of the lawn mowers and tractors cutting our grass everyday. They do not have the catalytic converters cars do, and all of the other computer gear designed to run more efficiently.
But it's hard to do apples-to apples. A car has 4, 6 or 8 cylinders. Golf carts have 1. And if you drive your car for a lot of miles I'd bet the car would produce more pollutants over that greater distance. At 50 mph a car is probably running at 2500 revolutions per minute. Each turn of the engine spits out exhaust. The cart turns much slower - don't know the number. But the point being the golf cart motor is less efficient but in terms of absolute number of pollutants in the air from exhaust fumes, I think the car produces more.
I hope I was clear....

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by villages07

This is not to be judgemental of gas vs electric, just a question I've wondered about.

Does anyone know how good or bad gas powered golf carts are as it relates to pollutants that they emit? I assume these gas engines do not contain any pollution controls on them like we have in our autos. I had heard or read somewhere, unconfirmed, that they emit more pollutants than an auto.

Anybody know the facts???

Nancy.

We had an electric cart here in Ohio. I had forgotten how bad the fumes are in a gas cart. I think that it has to be worse than a car because the lack of diffusive devices. I wasn't thrilled to be smelling all of those carcinogens, nor to have anyone else breathe them either. I guess the only good green form of transportation are our own two feet. :'(

[Fourpar]

Not sure of the technical issues, but I am sure about the stink they leave in their wake...particularly in the tunnels!

[bobfl]

A little bit more info on Gas Vs Electric carts


http://www.golfcarcatalog.com/index....ormation_id=31

[dadspet]

Gas > Pollution, stinks, noise, back fires, jerky, bothers others, trouble of going to a gas station or storing gas in your garage > WOW !!! I think that's most of it - but I might have missed a few.

[KayakerNC]

Originally Posted by dadspet

Gas > Pollution, stinks, noise, back fires, jerky, bothers others, trouble of going to a gas station or storing gas in your garage > WOW !!! I think that's most of it - but I might have missed a few.

Gas money going to support countries (OPEC) that hate us.

[rshoffer]

STAR carts seem to be the new kid on the block. I've been impressed with how much you seem to get for the money. The one issue I heard was "steel frames" (instead of aluminum). I don't know if that's a big deal or not. Opinions on STAR carts appreciated.

[Indy-Guy]

Earlier today I saw a guy pushing his electric cart home. His wife was sitting in it. I was running late for a tee time or I truly would have helped him. I went by in my noisy stinky gas cart. I hope the noise and smell didn't bother him. I don't think it did he was busy listening to his unhappy wife. True story!

I see several a week sitting on the side of the rec-trail. I always look to see if they are noisy stinky gas carts and every once in a while there is one. Can't imagine why they didn't look in the tank and see if they had go juice its just that simple.