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How far is your daily commute to work?

Considering my work is home based my commute can range from my bed to the kitchen or from San Jose to king city. But most the time it's maybe 20miles.

2011 was 130miles round trip
2010 was 30 miles round trip
 
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If your truck is new, you fincanced it, upgrated it and you dont hang on to it, a truck is more like $1/ mile. Read up on AAA math and do the math yourself.

If you bought your car used and hang on to it, the cost is really low.

My car expensis are very low. I bought a used car that has siped fule ate a rate of 64 MPG since I have owned it.
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My truck is a 1984 Chevy 1 ton diesel. Got it in trade for a bike, I plan to keep it forever, and it's all done depreciating. :laughing

Oh, and 20 MPG :twofinger
 
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My truck is a 1984 Chevy 1 ton diesel. Got it in trade for a bike, I plan to keep it forever, and it's all done depreciating. :laughing

Oh, and 20 MPG :twofinger
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Old vehicles are

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18 miles. Reverse commute, so 20-something minutes. All freeway. About 8 bucks a day. Volvo wagon, 25mpg

Commuted from Healdsburg to Santa Rosa for years. All moto. Nightmare 101 bs. I hear it's only gotten worse, despite "widening."

Plan to commute on the SV soon which will equate to less than one gallon of gas a day. $3.85 here now.
 
Mountain House (Tracy) to Sunnyvale. About 110 miles round trip. I take the ACE train though so I sleep 85% of my commute. It's about 2 hours from my front door to my desk.
 
wilit said:
Mountain House (Tracy) to Sunnyvale. About 110 miles round trip. I take the ACE train though so I sleep 85% of my commute. It's about 2 hours from my front door to my desk.
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That's crazy, after commuting from Los banjos to morgan hill 130miles round trip and 1.5 hours each way FACK THAT!!! I couldn't imagine anything longer but considering you sleep most the way I guess it works.

I broke my commute time down one day

1.5 hours driving from A to B

3 hours driving from A to B To A

3 x 20 days worked = 60 hours a month (I was losing to commuting)

I was losing 30 days of my life just commuting. Thats a whole fucking month a year in just commuting!!! Never again.

The day after I figured this out I was looking for a closer place to live :laughing
 
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Mine is 3 stop lights or about 3 miles. Still takes 10 to 15 minutes.
However I drive probably 10 to 70 miles a day for work. I actually dig that I get out and about. I have to drive because of the ability to carry stuff.

I am somewhat flexible on when I have to go where so heavy traffic is not the norm. I love to drive actually. News and sports talk are the usual with some rock n roll when all up beat and not needing to feed the brain or when we get in the business man boogie. (3 to 4 of us all going from project to project trying to beat each other there. Each work at a different place so not driving together, which is fine by me.

Around 3 bills per month in gas.

I actually think I would not like to just work at home. I would probably get board. I have a hard time staying home on the weekend. Anyone else feel the need to just ramble around vs sitting home??
 
I'm currently at 1.8 miles door to door. My total commute is about 8 minutes door to door. Not too bad I guess. The most Ill commute is 30minutes as I've tried longer ones and the quality of life just isn't there.
 
10.3 miles one way if I take city streets.
15.1 miles if I take the freeway.
Usually takes between 15-25 minutes depending on traffic and lights.
I work graveyard so I have a reverse commute.
SW San Jose to Sunnyvale.

On either bike it's usually 15-20 bucks a week in gas depending on what else I do.
 
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0.8 mile garage to garage. If I timed the lights right I can get there in just 2 minutes. If not, 5 minutes. But I usually take the wrong way home that makes it a 12 mile ride. Gas mileage? 25 or whatever this ancient tech V2 is capable of.
 
23mi commute to work -- 25min to work, and about 30min to get home
I work early enough that I don't have to deal wtih traffic, espeically on the Bay Bridge
My Frontier averages 19-20mpg
I spend about $85 on gas every 2 weeks, ~$9 per day
 
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About 28 miles each way...going home is 100% lanesplitting in near gridlock.
 
~12 miles each way. San Mateo - S. SF. Very little traffic in the morning. It can take a bit longer in the afternoon.

I have a couple coworkers that drive in from Vacaville. ~60 miles each way.
 
about 20 miles each way
takes about a half hour
I drive a Leaf; don't pay for any gas.

I was able to change my PG&E rates, which has saved me roughly the exact amount that my bill went up from the extra electricity usage. (up ~$50 mo before rate change, down ~$50 after)

BQ: After having a long-ish commute I vowed to not travel more than a half-hour's worth each way. but I know deep down I'd do longer if I had to...it's work. gotta do it.
 
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When my house gets rebuilt from the fire it experienced, it will only be an 18 mile one way trip down 880 from Oakland to Fremont.

Currently living up in Emeryville on insurance's dime and it's about a 30 mile commute for me. The bike is getting lots of miles put on her to get me through traffic, but it's almost that time to put her up for the rainy season and then it'll be slow and go with the cage.
 
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