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Letter to the Editor: Golf Cart MPG

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To the Editor:

Cart versus Car? Which has the best MPG?  Like most new golf cart owners, I look forward to driving about The Villages in my fuel efficient golf cart rather than my gas-guzzling auto. However, I decided to measure my mileage assumptions.  For this, I used two carts.  Cart ‘A’, a 2010 EZ GO, 13 HP Kawasaki engine; Cart ‘B’, a 2014 Yamaha, new out of the showroom, fuel injected engine and a high-speed gear.  For both carts the gas tank levels were marked at the onset of the test and then refilled to that same level, one quart at a time, measured to the nearest pint.  Both carts ran for over 100 miles, within our speed limits.  Miles included a mix of ‘road-way’ miles and golf course travel.  Golf course miles conveyed two golf bags and two passengers.  Gasoline at 87 octane was used in the test.  The MPG results were surprisingly low:  Cart A (EZ-GO): 29.75 mpg:  Cart B (Yamaha): 31.60 mpg.  So much for fuel efficiency!

Dana Lambillotte
Village of St. Charles

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