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Gene&Mary

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I know this is kind of out of left field but we belong to an association in the San Juans where only golf carts are allowed. We are planning to purchase one and thought maybe with the groups vast experience in many things I get some answers to some questions.

The EZGO seems to be the most popular golf cart. Any problems with that? Are there other brands that people like better?

From what I've seen on the internet the standard battery system is 36 volt. Is 6- 6 volt or 3- 12 volt better?

Thanks and if anyone has other tips or experiences they would be very welcome.
 
We have a cabin on Decatur Island (Decatur NW development) with the same rule and Yamaha is by far the most dominant brand. Our cabin is at the top of the island and the electric models have a tendency to melt the leads right of the batteries if they are loaded heavily going uphill.

We don't have our own golf cart...walking is good exercise and enjoyable and we just use a community vehicle for hauling our gear from the dock to the house.
 
We have a place in The Villages (FL) which is probably golf cart 'heaven. There are, quite literally, ten's of thousands of golf carts and folks use them for a LOT of their routine transportation needs (grocery store, Walmart, local travel ... and , oh yea, Golf).

But it's F L A T.

My impression is that, given the flat terrain, electric carts are quiet and very popular but you can run into "range" issues. For electric carts, "Club Car" seems to be extremely popular and reliable. We have a 2004 Club Car and are very happy with it (but will probably have to replace the batteries in the next couple of years).

Yamaha carts are very popular in the gasoline carts. They seem to be somewhat quieter than other carts, reliable, and not too smelly (exhaust fumes can be a common complaint with gas carts).

One recommendation. Be very careful buying a chinese golf cart. There are some that look good, priced very well, but may not be as reliable as the others (and some neighbors have had a hell of a time getting replacement parts).

Good Luck!

Casey
 
We have a cottage in an Association-owned campground on L. Ontario. We haveca. 100 golf carts here. Most are Club Cadet electrics; only a couple of EZ-Go gas carts. We have a Yamaha 48 volt: it runs great.

Batteries are key on the electric carts. Trojan brand are the best, but expensive: they cost ca. $180 each.
 
We've had a Yamaha G-16 Gas Cart for about 4 years. No problems at all with it, use it year round around the property, back/forth to the dock with Boat Stuff, to the mailbox (1/4 mile away), etc. Have a full enclosure for it (White), grand kids call it the "PoPMobile". :mrgreen:

Have considered modifying it to go faster but with the gkids driving it frequently, decided not to for now. They'll soon be old enough to drive a real car and not interested in the cart anymore.

Charlie
 
We have a Club Car gas powered cart that we use to run around the neighborhoods here in our little part of Ohio. It has a rear seat that folds down to become a little flat bed and I use it a lot to haul things around, put my Honda generator on it and use electric power tools away from the house and shed, and our Grandkids can never get enough of driving it. The noise is reasonable and we never notice an exhaust odor. When it's cool in the spring and fall I have a plastic enclosure that keeps it comfortable inside on a sunny day and a small propane heater we've used in it in the winter. My neighbor has an electric cart and is happy with it as well. I prefer the gas but can't give a good reason, other than I was concerned about the cost of batteries.
 
We have a 36volt EZGO and haven't had any problems. Our place is 121 acres and we can cruise around for a long time on a charge and it's quiet and comfortable .
Nice name for your boat- a Swedish flower. My sisters name is Linnea and our parents named their boat after her.Brings back nice memories of boating years ago.
 
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