Gas or Electric Golf cart?
#3
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RACING JUNKIE
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: orland pk il
Posts: 2,399
electric here,runs forever on full charge. but on used cart watch the age & brand of batterys. if it has trojan batterys a year or two old your good. batterys for my cart ran about $700 last year
#4
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RACING JUNKIE
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 2,044
GAS....... They never need them expensive batteries and them little gas motors will last an enternity due to the low rpms they turn.
Change the oil once a year and keep the air filter cleaned and your good to go.
I have a Yamaha gas burner I bought from my dad couple years ago.
It's well over 20 years old and still runs perfect, it doesnt use a drop of oil and will seemingly run forever on a tank of gas.
I cant imagine how many sets of batteries a electric cart would of gone thru in 20 plus years.
JMO>Cp
Change the oil once a year and keep the air filter cleaned and your good to go.
I have a Yamaha gas burner I bought from my dad couple years ago.
It's well over 20 years old and still runs perfect, it doesnt use a drop of oil and will seemingly run forever on a tank of gas.
I cant imagine how many sets of batteries a electric cart would of gone thru in 20 plus years.
JMO>Cp
#5
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MASTER BUILDER
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Sarver, PA
Posts: 134
I had a Club Car with the gas motor. If you're at the track with the electric powered model and the batteries start running down, your options are limited for re-charging. Not so with the gas model. I don't know about the electrics towing capacity, but mine would pull our 2350# car and 4 people on the cart very easily. Like someone mentioned, change the oil often and change the belt too.
#6
Gas is my choice. No charging, no expensive batteries to replace. I have a 2002 Club Car little single cylinder, lifted, bigger tires, hauls 5 people no problem. One tank of gas lasts all season.
#7
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RACING JUNKIE
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Coldwater, MI
Posts: 2,998
Gas here ... Seen to many friends have issues at track with electric ones going dead or not having enough ass to pull something when needed.
Never worry about that with gas, fill it up and go instead of plug it in and wait
Never worry about that with gas, fill it up and go instead of plug it in and wait
#8
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EXPERT BUILDER
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Michigan
Posts: 379
Had them both. And have to agree the electric ones don't have enough power to pull the car back with people riding.
On the other hand the gas one, I had problems with, Probably a lemon. The dealer never did figure it out, dam thing burned my shop down first. Now I have a yamaha rhino does everything I need it to plus some.
On the other hand the gas one, I had problems with, Probably a lemon. The dealer never did figure it out, dam thing burned my shop down first. Now I have a yamaha rhino does everything I need it to plus some.