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Title: Golf Carts
Post by: Boom Roasted on April 11, 2013, 11:58:38 AM
Anyone an expert on Golf Carts?  Folks are looking at getting one and I have been charged with finding what to get. Trying to figure out what brands, Gas vs. electric, years etc to get.  Obviously I will suggest the Bubba Watson style hovercraft golf cart but i have a feeling that will get shot down.
Title: Golf Carts
Post by: steve dave on April 11, 2013, 12:02:56 PM
Electric seem more reliable and require less maintenance but do fewer burnouts.
Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: Pittcat on April 11, 2013, 12:04:05 PM
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Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: Skipper44 on April 11, 2013, 12:06:38 PM
I would go gas- it is easier to keep a back up gas can/run to the gas station and get a couple of gallons of gas than finding/keeping a spare battery charged IMO.
Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: Pete on April 11, 2013, 12:07:44 PM
Canadian guy I know says that the gas ones do really well driving through sand traps surrounding par 3 greens at Stagg Hill, but he was banned from ever renting a golf cart at Stagg Hill again, so this information may be dated if they have new electric carts.
Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: steve dave on April 11, 2013, 12:09:30 PM
I would go gas- it is easier to keep a back up gas can/run to the gas station and get a couple of gallons of gas than finding/keeping a spare battery charged IMO.

Yeah, I guess it depends on what you are using it for. like, if you are driving it around your golf course community or hauling it around maybe gas would be a good idea. but, if you're just parking it at the course plugged in between rounds then electric would make more sense.
Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: Boom Roasted on April 11, 2013, 12:14:19 PM
Driving around the neighborhood and golf course.  Maybe the liquor store when i'm behind the wheel  :cheers:
Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: CNS on April 11, 2013, 12:41:37 PM
If golfing, elect since they will be getting out of out/turning it off a bunch (every shot).  If going to the mail box or two blocks down to the club house to hang, gas.
Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: Boom Roasted on April 11, 2013, 12:46:41 PM
If golfing, elect since they will be getting out of out/turning it off a bunch (every shot).  If going to the mail box or two blocks down to the club house to hang, gas.
Never been on a gas golf cart on a course CNS?  They start up when you hit the gas pedal.
Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: wetwillie on April 11, 2013, 12:47:22 PM
Hybrid
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Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on April 11, 2013, 12:47:45 PM
rode in one of these this past weekend with harlem shake playing. pretty cool?

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Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: Emo EMAW on April 11, 2013, 01:06:47 PM
There's a golf cart company in southern Olathe.  You're welcome Boom Roasted.
Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: CNS on April 11, 2013, 01:18:39 PM
If golfing, elect since they will be getting out of out/turning it off a bunch (every shot).  If going to the mail box or two blocks down to the club house to hang, gas.
Never been on a gas golf cart on a course CNS?  They start up when you hit the gas pedal.

Nope.  Just assuming they have to be left running otherwise would have to be started constantly.   :dunno:
Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: bubbles4ksu on April 11, 2013, 01:52:28 PM
Canadian guy I know says that the gas ones do really well driving through sand traps surrounding par 3 greens at Stagg Hill, but he was banned from ever renting a golf cart at Stagg Hill again, so this information may be dated if they have new electric carts.

interesting. a canadian guy i know always says to make sure to get one with tight steering. says he knows this because he and friends were test driving some carts late one night and a friend, driving a cart with loose steering, crashed into a pickup truck. the lesson was reinforced to the canadian when the police showed up and pulled him out of a college biology class.
Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: XocolateThundarr on April 11, 2013, 04:46:52 PM
http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/msn/michael_jordans_tricked_out_golf_cart/13369750
Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: Dugout DickStone on April 11, 2013, 05:03:52 PM
Not to second guess your parents but I think they'd be happier with mini-bikes
Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: Holdin Manutz on April 11, 2013, 06:58:53 PM
I would go with one of the new ezgo gas carts. They got a new motor in the last year or two and are fast and run forever on a tank of gas.
Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: Boom Roasted on April 11, 2013, 09:06:05 PM
So apparently the neighborhood only lets electric. Thinking a club car because from what I can tell they are fastest.
Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: puniraptor on April 12, 2013, 12:32:08 AM
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Title: Re: Golf Carts
Post by: Pete on April 12, 2013, 11:33:38 AM
Canadian guy I know says that the gas ones do really well driving through sand traps surrounding par 3 greens at Stagg Hill, but he was banned from ever renting a golf cart at Stagg Hill again, so this information may be dated if they have new electric carts.

interesting. a canadian guy i know always says to make sure to get one with tight steering. says he knows this because he and friends were test driving some carts late one night and a friend, driving a cart with loose steering, crashed into a pickup truck. the lesson was reinforced to the canadian when the police showed up and pulled him out of a college biology class.

You have to walk a mile in Canadian shoes to really appreciate these lessons.