Kitcat Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Triggered by comments on the ethanol in gas thread: How far are folks driving to work, in distance and time? I live 5 miles from work, and can get here in 8 minutes if all goes well, 15 minutes if it's slow. I ride my bike weekends if in the mood. Or, take the long way if in the se7en on a pretty day (8 miles/20'). I drive a 5000 lb 2011 Touareg TDI that gets 23 mpg in the city, 33 mpg at 70 mph (12 mpg when used as my tow vehicle for my se7en). The car before was a '08 BMW M3, 12-13 mpg city, 22 mpg @ 70 mph). Also have a Prius that gets 35 mpg in short commutes w/cold engine starts, 48 mpg at 70 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locost7018 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I walk to work. I go 10 feet vertical and 30 feet horizontal. to my shop in my basement. Teehee!!! Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 16 miles these days... takes about 35 minutes in the mornings, 45 in the afternoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 34.2 miles to the office in the morning M-F...about 40 minutes if no accidents or delays on the freeway...can be a lot longer some days. 35.6 miles from the office to home in the late afternoon M-F....about 45 minutes if I leave at 3:30pm an about an hour and a half if I leave at 4:30pm. Just one of the prices that I pay to live where I wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi7ot Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 3 miles now. Used to be 45 miles one way at night, with skunks, coyotes, foxes, whitetails, racoons, feral dogs, cats and the odd owl as part of the traffic. If I used the 7, it was Hare'em-scare'em time. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedwagon Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Ziltch-- was so bad on the job that they pay me not to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bball7754 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 It's now 7 miles and about 15 minutes. Up until May, when my office moved, it was 2.5 miles. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 8 mile commute that can take anywhere from 25 minutes to 2.5 hours depending on the snarl ups. For example - this mornings blonde sterling effort to invert her car on ice in the covered roadway/tunnel on Rt 139. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 8 mile commute that can take anywhere from 25 minutes to 2.5 hours depending on the snarl ups. For example - this mornings blonde sterling effort to invert her car on ice in the covered roadway/tunnel on Rt 139. An I thought I had a tough commute........:jester::smilielol5: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzempel Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Work? What is this "work" you speak of? I'm retired. And glad to have ceded the race to the rats. Randall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderbrake Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 35 miles to work, in bumper to bumper traffic , and it takes about 1 hour. I have been driving my Tahoe, which gets 15 mpg, so it's about $85 a week. I occasionally drive my vette, which gets 22-25 mpg, and occasionally, when I am feeling like I will live forever, I will drive the seven. I hate to risk either the vette or the seven in the traffic with the idiots who read the paper,or the women who put on eye makeup in the rearview mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william robert Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 5 miles to work and between 15 minutes and an hour an a half...depending when I leave (Metro Washington D.C.). Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Budlite Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I walk to work. I go 10 feet vertical and 30 feet horizontal. to my shop in my basement. Teehee!!! Russ I have the same commute as Russ. Unfortunately my pay is about the same as my commute... :ack: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 35 miles each way... pretty much 50-60mph (6am & 3:30pm). Takes 40 minutes & only 3 lights. Lots of oilfield trucks though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelD Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 At least I have to leave the house. I walk or drive 4 blocks to my office. It takes me 6 minutes to walk or ten minutes to drive and find a parking space. That is if I don't catch the one red light on the ride in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Its about 60' from my front door to my shop door. I'm retired so I can't call it a job but when I work, it's in my shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestTexasS2K Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 8 miles about 12 min in my truck or about 8 min in my 7. It's a winding road that goes around the lake it begs me to break the speed limit just a bit. I go in at 6 am there is little to no traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimrankin Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I get to my office (25Miles) at about 6AM so my morning commute is about 25 minutes (75MPH "or a bit more LOL" most of the way). If I work my usual day I leave around 4-5PM and it's usually over an hour home, and most of that time is the last 1/3 of the trip as I'm "anti-commute" direction till I hit 101 north. Some nights the 101 part of the ride will never even see 3rd gear. Thank God for XM radio. LOL. I'm only weeks away from quitting full time employment and as my "work" projects wind down I'll probably be totally "retired" before spring gets into the longer lighter days of summer. New plan coming... get up late, wait for the rat racers to get to their salt mines, venture out when the sun is warm, buy parts for whatever I'm puttering at, home before the rat racers clog the streets. When not puttering, go to boat, go to race tracks, go see other retired friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegoat Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I have said many times that my 21 mile commute has to be one of the best (if the slower cars use the turnouts). 16 miles of "curves ahead." http://g.co/maps/9ck52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancylad Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Had to move my office stuff into the bedroom because of flooding in the studio. Sooooo, wake up, swing legs out of bed, feet into slippers two short steps to my desk chair, sit down, switch on computer...hello world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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