Conway563
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
Location: Yate, Bristol
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Looking at new jobs and trying to work out how long I want to spend in the car a day so thought I'd see what other people do
So what is your daily commute, distance and duration?
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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Distance: 4.3 miles
Time: 0 hr 15 min
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whitter45
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Registered: 15th Nov 02
Location: Norton
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depends
to the office it can from half an hour to an hour and half dependant on traffic (18 miles)
Mostly do alot of overseas travel now
But I can do from 200 miles a week to over 1000 miles
[Edited on 03-06-2011 by whitter45]
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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I used to do 60miles round trip - ball ache
And hour each way in the rush hour traffic
Now its 5miles round trip and its ace!
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
Location: Armchair
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8 miles, 15mins morning, 20-25 afternoon
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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45 miles each way - can take me between 50 minutes and 3 hours depending on accidents, weather conditions etc.
Loving this half term this week 
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Leighton
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Registered: 21st Feb 01
Location: Liverpool
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30 miles each way and about a hour, if something has happened or get stuck behind a tractor it would take 1 hour and 20 mins
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
Location: London
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10 miles - 50 mins
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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16 miles
25mins if quiet
45mins if busy
over 1hour if really bad
[Edited on 03-06-2011 by adiohead]
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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2miles at most.About 4 mins if i have the car,or 3mins if i get picked up.
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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About 10miles now, which isn't too bad as long as there's no assholes causing accidents on the M60.
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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A few feet/a few seconds.
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Northampton Drives: Audi wagon
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3 miles, takes 10mins tops. Don't think I'd want it to be any further/longer than that.
[Edited on 03-06-2011 by Tommy L]
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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depending on where I stay (mine, the missus or Mum and Dad's) It's between 29 and 37miles each way; 58 to 74miles daily.
Commuting time doesn't vary much as a result to which house I stay at but traffic, time of day, roadworks and tractors/farmers/cows in the road can make it anywhere from 1hour each way to 2hours each way.
Shortest I've ever done it in was 38minutes in the middle of the night
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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I don't know how you people do such long commutes.
I can barely wake up in the morning as it is!
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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0.5 mile walk.
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Conway563
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
Location: Yate, Bristol
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I'm currently doing about 9 miles each way which takes 15-30 minutes
Seen a couple of jobs that are about 90 miles each way but all motorway so should be around 90 minutes. Just trying to work out if it's feasible
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
I don't know how you people do such long commutes.
I can barely wake up in the morning as it is!
to be honest, I'm starting to get later and later into the office as I hate getting up. I just make it up at the other end of the day but getting up and driving for (on average) 1hr20 to get to work is so off putting that bed is a far more attractive option
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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That doesn't sound too bad, but if there was an accident that 90min journey could end up being 5-6hrs or somethin 
I don't like being too far away, think the furthest I've work is about 30miles each way and that was bad enough at the best of times.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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38 miles each way to this site, bout 1hr and 30 in the morning and 40 mins home
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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I used to travel from Oxford to Feltham (Heathrow Airport) and back every day years ago, that was a fun commute - NOT.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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I'd never drive 90 miles to work. I hate driving that far to visit friends and that's for parties or fun.
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
That doesn't sound too bad, but if there was an accident that 90min journey could end up being 5-6hrs or somethin
I don't like being too far away, think the furthest I've work is about 30miles each way and that was bad enough at the best of times.
There was a bomb scare at McDonalds in Macclesfield a couple of years ago so they shut the bypass. My 37 mile journey took 6hrs30mins. Slightest accident or roadworks can easily add 50% to your journey time too. I'd never consider more mileage than I already do. 90miles is a killer
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Tom G
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Registered: 4th Aug 08
Location: Cheshire
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7 miles / 15 minutes can sometimes take upto 20-25 mins
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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10 miles drive, 1.5 miles walk.
Anywhere from 40 mins to an hour, would rather do much less tbh, takes a large chunk out of my day.
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