Kart Aide. I haven't had to call them yet but do have that peace of mind.

How many garage fires have been caused by an electric cart?

You would think The Villages Golf Cars would maintain their loaner carts for folks who bring their carts in for maintenance. Every Quiet Tech Yamaha gas cart I have ever had as a loaner does not drive nearly as smoothly as my Yamaha electric cart. If my loaner Quiet Tech Yamaha drove as smoothly as my electric cart and did not give off a gas odor and drives as quietly as my electric cart, I may consider a Quiet Tech for my next cart. One time I had a Quiet Tech loaner, it left an overwhelming gas odor in my garage. YIKES! I put that cart on the driveway until I had to return it.

So far, I'm not considering a Quiet Tech cart.

Is the high speed motor loud or does it run as quiet as the original motor? How much less range does the high speed motor get?

That is a major concern. We have lived in The Villages full time since 2016 and I haven't heard of a garage fire from an electric cart. I don't doubt that they do happen but wouldn't that be news if it did?

I also smell your gas cart gas fumes when driving in tunnels. Makes me gag. UGH!

It depends on whether you do it yourself or pay someone and the mileage/hours on the cart. Some items should be serviced more frequently than others such as oil changes compared to spark plug changes.

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Been here for fifteen years, the only golf carts sitting motionless along the paths are electric.



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Clearly made that stat up, unless she has some super special power and can tell the carts status just by driving by

Get use to it for at least another 20 years. :)

I agree, had back problems and lowered rear tire pressure to 18 to absorb bumps, especially crossing street gutters. Didn’t take long to start wearing tires. Blow them back up to 25 and no noticeable wear. IMO depends on how much weight you have hanging off back of cart it you go above 26?

A lady was going down street in old electric cart and batteries blew up throwing her out cart hit curb and turned over about 3 years ago in my area. Electric still require some routine maintenance, especially battery connections, corrosion control, and water level if lead acid. Lithium batteries are still kind of new technology see what problems May develop in few years.
Been several other products with lithium batteries with overheating and fire problems.

Lithium batteries are NOT new technology...... they have been around for many years and have recently made their way to the electric golf carts.....

Yes, during the “early years” , there were issues with batteries overheating and catching fire mainly due to overcharging or charging improperly.

However, the technology has evolved to the point where it is extremely rare that we hear of any issues today....

I wonder if I'm doing something wrong because I don't do anything to the batteries every day. I add water every two to three weeks in the hot months and every 4-6 weeks in the cooler months. So far the four year old batteries are going strong but we don't drive the cart very far or drive it on a daily basis. I do keep the batteries plugged in all the time the cart is garaged.

How can you over charge it if computer controlled?

Why Lithium Batteries Catch Fire

I get it. Most people don't want to worry about having reliability problems to get from the north to the south in The Villages, play a round of golf and still have plenty of range left.

It's folks like me that don't worry about being able to drive long distances. Our cart has very comfortable upgraded bucket seats with padded arm rests but I still would not drive the cart more than 10 miles round trip in one outing. Anything more than that, I take the car. Hubby and I don't play golf so we don't need to worry about driving long distances to get to a course. Our cart is not our main transportation. We use it strictly to go to the closest rec centers and to Lake Sumter Landing. That's not very far at all from where we live in Mallory Square.