how much does it cost you to get to work?

About £118.00 every 3-4 weeks. 89L diesel fill up.
A return bus ticket every day (which takes over an hour each way) costs roughly the same amount.
 
About 3% if I drive 0%* on the bike (although I've spent more like 25% this month replacing a load parts that were wearing out :()

Could cut the driving cost right down if I got something more economical though
 
Monthly unlimited bus ticket at £59. A ticket made up of "journeys" would cost about £54. As long as I use it to get into the city centre once a month (which I would do anyway) I come up saving money. Also nice not having to faff about managing how many "journeys" you have left.

Now if only NIR did multi day returns I could save money when going home on Friday and coming back up on Sunday!
 
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builder22 said:
doesn't change the percentage of your wage you spend on getting there though
can't really say 'I could be making x amount every hour I travel' otherwise you wouldn't be travelling :D
could make your hourly rate seem lower, if you were to work it out that way
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I never said it did, just making the point that some people don't take that into account either when choosing a job.

It takes me 15 minutes to cycle to work but in the car I would have to add 20 minutes because I would have to park 1 mile from where I work and walk.
I obviously spend nothing on fuel but my 4 cycles have cost a total of £3,180 + lots of accessories over the last 2.5 years :eek:
 
£0.

Work pays for transport, normally taxis. Should really just pay me petrol money, would save me hassle and them a fortune.
 
probably about £500

I started an apprenteship to get myself out of a rut with no scope for future progression where I was, so took a risk.

Rent a house share during the week, then come back at weekends. Chester to Telford.
 
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I never said it did, just making the point that some people don't take that into account either when choosing a job.

It takes me 15 minutes to cycle to work but in the car I would have to add 20 minutes because I would have to park 1 mile from where I work and walk.
I obviously spend nothing on fuel but my 4 cycles have cost a total of £3,180 + lots of accessories over the last 2.5 years :eek:
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I realized that's what you were getting at after I posted the reply! :)

9% for me so this thread confirms I'm spending quite a bit on fuel. it's not a high paid job either
 
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Too much (about 9%). Own fault really for moving further away, but house prices were cheaper, mortgage is cheaper than the rent I was paying, council tax and other bills have ended up cheaper so haven't really lost much. Still only a 35-40 minute drive, mainly through pleasant countryside which I am ok with.
 
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Normally, a bowl of cereal.

Recently, because of lurgy, 3.75%.

The bike beckons again next week. :)
 
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