How much do the replacement batteries cost?

Prior to buying our house in TV, I spent several years renting here.and experienced electric & gas that were included in those rentals. At 1st I thought the electric was the way go nice and quiet, but got stuck a couple times that ended our day. Gas at the time was smelly, both by exhaust, gas odors and not to mention noisy. Electric doesn't give you much choice when the battery runs out, standard or lithium. Tow is only way to go. The cart is down for hours to recharge. The newer gas carts are quiet, exhaust vented off to the side, not under the cart, and you get a greater range with a full tank of gas than a full charge of electric.Fuel injection has done away with the gasoline odors that were common with carburetors. I am happier with the gas cart. I have only had Yamaha carts and I have driven them for many years without incident.(breakdowns) Like anything in needs care. Good luck with your choice. Just saying.

Consider Comfort
 

The responses quickly turned to Lithium vs. gas. By all means, buy a lithium cart if you decide to go with battery power. Old fashioned lead-acid batteries are a real pain given the need to regularly check the acid levels in multiple batteries and the potential for acid spills on your garage floor.

However, you need to consider the cart's comfort. Yamaha is the only cart with an independent rear axle. This makes a real difference in the cart's ride. As between Yamaha and other brands of gas carts, the Yamaha is much quieter.

Last month I rented an EZ-GO from Villages Carts at Lake Sumter Landing. The cart was brand new. It was so noisy and hard riding, I considered returning it before I was out of the Barnes and Noble parking lot. When I returned it the next week, I joked with the salesman that if I was selling Yamaha carts, I'd have an EZ-GO on hand and have the customer drive it before I ever let him in a Yamaha. In response he just smiled.

yeah, because lithium hasn't been out long.

Thanks for buying American

I believe Cane Garden has lithium rentals too

I tired of waiting for a Yamaha I placed on order last year, and looked at alternatives. Village Carts had a Star EV in stock (lithium ion battery), which I drove and liked. I found a color I liked at Spanish Springs and bought it. I have about 2400 miles on the cart now and have only praise for it. As a test, I personally got 75 miles from a charge running around in TV, and there was battery left; I'm certain 80 miles/charge is doable, but unnecessary. The battery pack is 48V, 210 Ah and well covered by warranty. Running out of "fuel" would represent a significant oversight on my part.

The cart is comfortable, very quiet, exhaust-free, and attractive. I'm very pleased with my decision.

Cheaper

Yamaha GAS!!!
:smiley::smiley:

Cheaper than what?

Much depends on your needs. I'm a somewhat serious golfer who likes to play different courses. With my Yamaha, I know I can travel to any country club course play 9 or 18 and still have plenty of range to get home. On the other hand, if my cart was only for shopping or trips to the squares, I could be happy with an electric one. So decide what your uses will be and which type fits your use best.

Since we aren't golfers (constantly getting in and out of the cart), we got an Atomic. The price w/o uogrades is about the same as a new Yamaha QuietTech. It has radio, AC, and various safety features.

Size matters
 

I love my Ezgo lithium but it is smaller (narrower and shorter) than the Yahama which is of utmost importance to you. Take a test drive and compare to Yahama. Many people I know bought yahama gas without test driving the electrics and they get in my electric cart and are amazed at how quiet and smooth the ride is. Driving it is peppier and smoother as well. There are more Yahama because they are significantly cheaper and have been around longer. I selected Ezgo over the other electrics because it's the highest rated and not Chinese parts - it has a shorter range than the other lithiums though. My battery is under warranty for 8 years but should last 10 years. Meanwhile I have no fuel cost or trips to gas station or maintenance like oil change, etc. The electrics that aren't Ezgo like Evolution and Star are larger and longer range and less expensive than the Ezgo and now that they are more popular it will be easier to get parts. Test drive and good luck!

Check out the Atomic golf carts, much more room and comfort for tall people
Also, air conditioned, heated, windshield wipers and so much more

Nucky - did you replace all four tires same time or just one or two that were more worn? Also, you replace the battery because you felt it was time or did you have issues with the battery?

Gas is best - do not buy from The Villages - you can save thousands!!

Whichever you purchase, consider buying outside the villages. We went to a local dealer in TV back in January. A Yamaha quiet tech would be around 18.5K and wouldn't be delivered till mid May. Called our dealer back home in KY, had they one on the floor (it's winter in KY so not much need for a golf cart so they were willing to deal) and got a Club Car for 13.2K. So we saved $5,000 and I had a trailer so I transported it myself. I've been told a transport company will charge around $1000 for them to do it for you.

Now, If you go this route the local dealers will not service your cart (or they will put you on the bottom of a long waiting list) as "punishment" (or call it an extra incentive to ONLY buy from them). However I'm handy and can do a lot of maintenance myself and IF I ever needed servicing I can call the plethora of local companies who will come to your house.

This was my experience, your milage may vary but wanted to give you another option to consider.

:D So is Xi Jinping. ;)

BEST PRICE is outside the Villages.
 

We bought 2 Yamaha Quietech golf carts. Best price, Best Customer Service! Ask for Nate or Melody.

Country Village Power Equipment In Webster, FL.

I would consider electric. with the new lithium batteries. long mileage, quiet, more modern features. I've had electric since 2001

Love our quiet tech Yamahas.
Carts are getting expensive so start saving so you don’t have sticker shock. Get a cart from Village Golf carts(Bill, Brownwood). They will take care of you when you need it for service & a year of towing. I like local, you pay now or you pay later.

Best golf car.
 

It's one one you see right after you've bought yours.

Actually could go as high as 150 miles in a day. If you drove 100 miles and averaged 15 miles an hour, would have been driving 6-7 hours. No thanks. I could get to the Florida Keys in that amount of time, with no noise and with air conditioning.

100 miles in a golf cart
 

From Publix in Southern Trace to Codys in Brownwood it is 8 miles, hard to believe you put 100 miles on a golf cart in the villages, just sayin'

Its clearly a matter of personal opinion almost like voting - which I won't get into. If you don't mind the noise, smell of fumes and chug chug of gas you can travel from one end of the Villages and back. I think - you better have a good back and rear end to do that along with a lot of time on your hands. We have had a electric cart since 2007 and never been towed so I can't really comment on the expense of being towed and we never did buy towing insurance either, seems like the gas cart owners can provide a lot more advice here. Full disclosure we recently purchased a 2nd electric cart so I might be partial to quite, smooth ride and we do hate going into the tunnels behind gas carts that claim not to leave any fumes ( Kind of like 2nd hand smoke doesn't really bother you I guess). We live by Brownwood and think twice about taking the cart to Sumter ( its a time issue for us not a range issue). I recommend you rent a gas cart and make the round trip from the North of the Villages to the South and back … Once, and then decide how often you want to do this or even 1/2 of this.