[Marathon Man]

Originally Posted by MorTech

The noise, smell, and poor thottle response lets me know Im alive.
I love the smell of incomplete hydrocarbon oxidation in the morning.

What a great line. Please allow me to add to it.

"Smells like ... retirement."

[Lottoguy]

Once a week drop three bucks into a coffee can. This will help you pay for your batteries when they come due. It won't be cheap.

[Lottoguy]

At 110 doesn't it take a two days to charge up that car? Or did you put in 220 service?

[Ben Franklin]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Shoelaces

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

When it comes time for me to change batteries, I'm hoping the latest sodium batteries are available.

Future batteries, coming soon: Charge in seconds, last months a.

[tophcfa]

I prefer gas, wait a minute, are we talking about stoves for cooking or golf carts?

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by JimJohnson

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.

Good for you! But, don’t expect it to change anybodies minds. It’s personal choice.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Ben Franklin

When it comes time for me to change batteries, I'm hoping the latest sodium batteries are available.

Future batteries, coming soon: Charge in seconds, last months a.

I’m got gold mine with the mother load for sale cheap.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

I just bought a cart from them. The purchase order clearly states to set speed to 24mph.

I can take the governor out anytime I want, but why would I? 21 MPH fast enough for me.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by photo1902

Nonsense. They don’t.

She was probably on lumpy road.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

The motor on our electric Yamaha is very quiet. Is the speed motor louder than the original motor?

The acceleration on my electric is very fast. One of the problems I had with the loaner Quiet Tech carts was the
acceleration is very slow.

Yes, you can’t go fasTer without making more noise.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by dadspet

I've put a higher speed motor in our 2007 Club Car (in 2007) and it will go about 21/22mph which is as fast I would like to go in a golf cart. No smell, no noise, smooth, (no battery acid smell on the garage floor - but didn't hear that one before ) I can drive it as far and long as I want to travel in a golf cart. Every time we take out one of those new "quite"/"no jerky" / "no smell" (I guess that smell in the tunnels is my imagination or a new vapor to help me breathe) new gas cart we are amazed how loud/jerky they are compared to our old electric cart.

I can't help wonder why more and more auto manufactures are introducing more electric models each year - perhaps they didn't get the bulletin from The Villages about how smooth, quiet, and pollution-free the NEW golf cart gas engines are.

I hate to admit it but I probably drive one of the most gas-guzzling cars in The Villages and love it, but our next golf cart will clearly be lithium battery powered.

I got big spot on my garage floor from 2003 electric club car. Not from me but the previous owners. And yes, when I had electric cart I smelled fumes from charging.

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

I got big spot on my garage floor from 2003 electric club car. Not from me but the previous owners. And yes, when I had electric cart I smelled fumes from charging.

The protective carpet provided by TV carts don't stop the battery acid leaks. Dad's cart left a big mess under that carpet.

[thesteve685]

1. tv could have been an environmentally exemplary community if went to electric from the gitgo. fat chance that will change EVER!
2. why would anyone want to violate the law just to go 2-3 mph faster?
where is the conscience?

[Ben Franklin]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

I’m got gold mine with the mother load for sale cheap.

I bet you had a stone quarry too, when they change from stone wheels to rubber tires.

[Papa_lecki]

Originally Posted by thesteve685

1. tv could have been an environmentally exemplary community if went to electric from the gitgo. fat chance that will change EVER!
2. why would anyone want to violate the law just to go 2-3 mph faster?
where is the conscience?

Building the Multi Modal path is extremely environmental, encouraging highly efficient transportation vs a car.

Assume you are saying electric carts are more environmentally friendly than gas, until you have to dispose of the batteries and the fact that electricity to charge the carts is derived from fossil fuels.

I am glad you never go 5 miles over the speed limit on the turnpike.