# It's happened

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/its-happened/5280>\
**Category:** EV Small Talk\
**Created:** [September 8, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/its-happened/5280 "2015-09-08T19:39:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Old\_Houseboater](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/old_houseboater/32/544_2.png) [@Old\_Houseboater](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Old_Houseboater)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/its-happened/5280/1 "2015-09-08T19:39:15Z")

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Well it’s happened. It sorta crept up on me but my GEM turned into my primary driver. We live in a cart friendly city so we aren’t restricted where we travel in the community.

One of the big reasons for the change have come about because of the performance upgrades I did to the cart. Bigger brakes, bigger motor, reprogramming of the controller. It can do 40 MPH but i have it choked down to 35. this gives me really good performance and fairly good range. I can now get anywhere I want to go as quick or quicker than in the car. The longest trip is about 7 miles with most being 5 or less.

The only car trips seem to be to church, doctor or the Mall in the Villages over 25 miles away.

Rodney

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**Author:** ![lookingforannev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@lookingforannev](https://community.electricforum.com/u/lookingforannev)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/its-happened/5280/2 "2015-09-09T13:29:32Z")

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Hi Rodney

What kind of mileage do you get on a full charge?

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**Author:** ![Old\_Houseboater](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/old_houseboater/32/544_2.png) [@Old\_Houseboater](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Old_Houseboater)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/its-happened/5280/3 "2015-09-09T14:56:00Z")

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Depends if I feather foot up to 25. Normal is 15-20. How ever I really don’t pay much attention and plug it in every 2 days. My longest trip is about 7 miles and I can do 2 or 3 without getting nervous about range,

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**Author:** ![Greendriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Greendriver](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Greendriver)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/its-happened/5280/4 "2015-09-12T02:15:25Z")

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Sounds perfect for local travel needs.