golf carts(again)

l2ridehd · 08-11-2008, 08:54 PM

Dadspet, if you know of a gas golf cart that is jerky, back fires, stink, pollutes, and all those other bad things than it needs a tune up desperately. If a gas cart is running correctly, has a muffler extension, and tuned properly none of those things should happen. As to sending our money to countries that hate us, blame congress. They didn't even allow a vote. The US has more energy reserves than all of the Mideast combined and yet our wonderful congress leadership does not even allow a vote on the issue. Regardless of your position on the issue, our "so called Representatives" should be allowed to vote one way or the other on the issue.

dadspet · 08-11-2008, 09:34 PM

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Can't imagine why they didn't look in the tank and see if they had go juice its just that simple.

:joke:They probably did but were too far from a gas station to get gas or didn't have the $4.xx a gal on them to buy some.

:'( BTW I have to admit I might have been one of the carts along side the trail in a rental cart that died on me last year (5 yr old batterys). I guess I didn't learn I still went electric when I bought.

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if you know of a gas golf cart that is jerky, back fires, stink, pollutes, and all those other bad things than it needs a tune up desperately. If a gas cart is running correctly, has a muffler extension, and tuned properly none of those things should happen.

Then there sure must be a lot of them in need of a tune up because every time I go through a tunnel you can smell fumes and they aren't from electric carts and Its been more then once that a gas cart has backfired slowing down at a intersection. I've also tried a new Yamaha gas carts that I thought they had some of the the same issues > no backfire but seemed jerky and rough compared to the electric carts. The Yamaha sale guy kept telling me to get it up to speed and that noise / roughness will go away.

:dontknow:Perhaps my hearing aid is turned up too much and I'm overly sensitive to the noise.

l2ridehd · 08-11-2008, 09:45 PM

LOL. Might be the issue. As to fumes in the tunnels, if you ran a lawn mower in a tunnel, there would be fumes. If you drive through an auto tunnel in a convertible you will smell fumes. It's an enclosed area. If any gasoline engine backfires, then timing or air intake or something is out of adjustment and should be corrected. I would believe electric is a little smoother on take off. Both have there pros and cons, so each to their own. Thats why they build them both.

784caroline · 08-11-2008, 10:04 PM

Gas to me stinks ..... and being in the tunnels PROVES it. I definitely favor ElECTRIC.

SteveFromNY · 08-11-2008, 10:42 PM

I wish people would show a little more respect for other people's choices.

I definitely gave due consideration to the choice of gas vs electric when I purchased my gas cart. I thought about the fumes, and the noise. I would have preferred to use an "environmentally perfect" vehicle like an electric cart.

But, for the vary same reason we all don't own electric automobiles, they lack RANGE. I don't care how many people say they can get everywhere they want to go in their electric cart, a gas cart can go further. For instance, I drive the cart from my house to Sweet Bay and back (round trip approximately 5 miles), then to SS for lunch (maybe 10 mile round trip) then I go and take an evening ride with a cigar (1 hour - at 20mph factoring in all of the stops and slowdowns maybe 15 miles). That's approximately 30 miles. An electric cart has a range of about 40 miles. Add a round of golf, and I'm easily at the edge of the range of the cart. Or if I'm not at the edge, I think I am, so I might as well be. I won't use the cart without charging it for some 8 hours again. My mobility is limited by the choice of an electric cart. That was a paramount concern for me. I too have seen electric carts pushed off to the roadside. I don't want that to be me.

I may be paranoid, but there seems to be 2 schools of thought out here, gas vs. anti-gas. Not gas vs electric. It's like folks are trying to lay a guilt trip on the gas cart owners. I find it lacks the fundamental respect we ought to show one another.

My 2 cents...

livsea2 · 08-11-2008, 11:09 PM

Steve, you are absolutely correct. It seems to be gas vs. anti- gas. The hypocrisy of the anti-gas crowd ( and I have no dog in this fight only shaking my head at the lunacy) the hypocrisy is if any of the anti-gas advocates EVER visited a smoke belching, stinky on a massive scale, smelly on a massive scale, massively polluting, coal or oil fired electric generating plant they would change their mind. Been there, seen that. They would realize that both choices stink and pollute so go with your personal choice. I would go with electric but that's my choice foe convenience. Until they come out with a solar powered that works and it would have to be really reliable!

glendalepete · 08-11-2008, 11:19 PM

After reading some of the anti-gas reasons it would appear to me that the solution for those individuals who can not stand the fumes in the tunnels would be to wear masks. The gas cart is not perfect but I would rather deal with the noise then to be sitting on the side of the path at 9:00 p.m. at night because my charge ran out.

rshoffer · 08-12-2008, 12:45 AM

Which goes faster.... gas or electric? I don't mean "street legal" but some carts seem to be tweaked to go faster.

gingersmom · 08-12-2008, 12:49 AM

Stefve I don't know about other electric carts b ut I can take mine from my house in Springdale (1/4 mile from Lopez) drive to Havana, play 18 holes of golf, go to LS for lunch and then get back home with plenty of juice. Just how much farther do I need to go?

SteveFromNY · 08-12-2008, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by gingersmom

Stefve I don't know about other electric carts b ut I can take mine from my house in Springdale (1/4 mile from Lopez) drive to Havana, play 18 holes of golf, go to LS for lunch and then get back home with plenty of juice. Just how much farther do I need to go?

You don't have to go any further, and that's fine. I do. And that's precisely my point. Electric is good for you, but I want the range, so I chose gas. Different people, different choices. Neither wrong.

WLAN56 · 08-12-2008, 01:47 AM

Just a thought on gas vs electric. You have an electric. You have a $1000.00+ paint job on your driveway and garage. Battery charger malfunctions. Battery boils over. Acid on paint job. Opps. There goes paint job. Doesn't happen with a gas cart. I still haven't decided on gas/electric after 2 weeks of looking. :dontknow:

Ooper · 08-12-2008, 02:13 AM

I have a tray under my electric in the garage to prevent damage should this happen.

MelZ · 08-12-2008, 02:51 PM

For those concerned about the range of Electric carts

http://www.cruisecarinc.com/

http://www.suncatchergolf.com/

SteveFromNY · 08-12-2008, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MelZ

For those concerned about the range of Electric carts

http://www.cruisecarinc.com/

http://www.suncatchergolf.com/

Very slick, especially the Kudo 4 seater. Are there any dealers yet?

bobfl · 08-12-2008, 05:33 PM

I have been curious about the pollution generated by Gas carts. I finally ran across this info below. Most interesting is that one cart produces more gasses that four to eight Ford mid sized sedan. This is the second time I ran into this same general info. I think I still like gas carts but it is something to think about

http://www.suncatchergolf.com/public...emissions.html

golf carts(again)

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