How long is your commute and £££?

Nasher · 18 Jul 2017 at 17:27

Freefaller said:
It's funny when people baulk at my season ticket yet spend £400 a month on fuel.

I am jealous of some of your commutes though

£400 a month for fuel is pretty extreme

But I'd rather pay a bit more to use my own car than sit on a grimy and over-crowded bus or train tbh, for £1000s a year

adolf hamster · 18 Jul 2017 at 18:00

Freefaller said:
It's funny when people baulk at my season ticket yet spend £400 a month on fuel.

I am jealous of some of your commutes though

not gonna lie, £400 a month so you can be in a comfortable, air conditioned car, in charge of your own schedule and listening to whichever radio/music playing service you like sounds like a price worth paying to me....

if i'm gonna be spending a week of my life every year (for a 40 minute commute) doing the same thing i'm damn well gonna be comfy doing it!

LewisRaz · 18 Jul 2017 at 18:06

Exactly 2 miles for me. 48p of diesel per day.

Skiddley · 18 Jul 2017 at 18:08

WfH, 30 second walk to office above garage in garden.

Freefaller · 18 Jul 2017 at 18:17

adolf hamster said:
not gonna lie, £400 a month so you can be in a comfortable, air conditioned car, in charge of your own schedule and listening to whichever radio/music playing service you like sounds like a price worth paying to me....

if i'm gonna be spending a week of my life every year (for a 40 minute commute) doing the same thing i'm damn well gonna be comfy doing it!

You're not totally in charge of your own schedule as you can't account for traffic!

I get to sit and read a book and not worry about traffic.

Just delays, strikes and cancellations.... :/

adolf hamster · 18 Jul 2017 at 18:41

Freefaller said:
You're not totally in charge of your own schedule as you can't account for traffic!

I get to sit and read a book and not worry about traffic.

Just delays, strikes and cancellations.... :/

i get to control when i leave the house to the second, which allows me to account for traffic, but i can also tune this to minimise time spent, no sitting around waiting.

it's as much control as anyone gets.

Selekt0r · 18 Jul 2017 at 18:44

Either <10 metres (home office) or approx. 4000 miles (Raleigh, NC 1 week in every 4-6 ). Occasionally 5500 miles (San Diego 2-3 times per year), and a few other 'local' (i.e. Europe) trips too.

Buffman · 18 Jul 2017 at 18:44

LewisRaz said:
Exactly 2 miles for me. 48p of diesel per day.

Does such a short journey not murder your Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF)? How come you bought diesel?

I had a similarly short commute for 6months! Longer and perhaps I would have considered taking up cycling.

darkgen · 18 Jul 2017 at 19:07

How long does your commute each day take?
I wfh; Have done for over 7 years now. I visit the office 6 or 7 times a year which can either be 4 or 5 hour round trip depending on office.
How much does it cost?
£20 when I visit West London or around £36 when Herts.

HoneyBadger · 18 Jul 2017 at 19:08

About 40 miles, North Kent to Central London. Between 4-6 hours a day depending on traffic. (2-3 hours each way)
Get up at 5, get the 5:47 and am in the office at about 8am - again traffic depending. Leave the office at 4ish and get home about 7.

That's on a coach, costs me almost 3k a year. Train is another 2-3k ish depending if its the fast one. Then I'd need a way of getting to the station (about 5 miles away) and then park at additional cost.

Utterly soul destroying.

LewisRaz · 18 Jul 2017 at 19:12

The Craig said:
Does such a short journey not murder your Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF)? How come you bought diesel?

I had a similarly short commute for 6months! Longer and perhaps I would have considered taking up cycling.

Seems fine so far. I give it a good clearout once a week but tbh its a 13year old renault scenic that I got as a runaround.

I did cycle it a few times but my job is physically demanding and cycling after 12hours of it was not enjoyable.

CapitalOne · 18 Jul 2017 at 19:17

12 ish miles each way
£280 month 1st Class overground ticket (about £200 standard). That's how I roll.
Leave the house at 06:05am, get to office at 7am
Home journey takes 5min longer. Thanks Norwood Junction!

bainbridge · 18 Jul 2017 at 19:44

15 mins usually, 10 mins on Fridays. Had the roof down most days for the past month

Freefaller · 18 Jul 2017 at 20:56

adolf hamster said:
i get to control when i leave the house to the second, which allows me to account for traffic, but i can also tune this to minimise time spent, no sitting around waiting.

it's as much control as anyone gets.

Part of me does miss driving, part of me doesn't. I do enjoy being able to sit, and sleep, or get on with some work, or watch a series or read a book. Something I couldn't do when driving.

But as you said, traffic permitting, driving can be quite enjoyable too. Though for me it would take me at least 2hrs instead of my 1h30 by train.

Crippled Potato · 18 Jul 2017 at 20:59

An hour there, an hour and a half back and costing me about £250 fuel. I'm saving a bunch of money living with parents and saving for a house but I recently decided that spending at least 12 hours of dead time every week is not worthwhile. I'm looking to moving closer to home and reduce the commute to a maximum of 20 minutes each way hopefully.

Meridian · 18 Jul 2017 at 21:04

agw_01 said:
You work in/near Bury? Why have I never seen you around?!

Other way around -I live in Bury and work near Warrington. But I hit the M60 at about 06:45 in the mornings, and any time between 16:00 and 18:30 in the afternoon. Interestingly, the M60 rush hour appears to be 16:00 to 17:00, not the hour after that.

As for the original question, this is the first time I've need to drive to work for more than twenty years. My previous job I could walk + Metro, and before that was many years of walking to two different jobs.

agw_01 · 18 Jul 2017 at 21:21

Meridian said:
Other way around -I live in Bury and work near Warrington. But I hit the M60 at about 06:45 in the mornings, and any time between 16:00 and 18:30 in the afternoon. Interestingly, the M60 rush hour appears to be 16:00 to 17:00, not the hour after that.

As for the original question, this is the first time I've need to drive to work for more than twenty years. My previous job I could walk + Metro, and before that was many years of walking to two different jobs.

Small world, my Mum lives in Bury and I'm around there quite often. Yeah, the M60 can be a right pain. I work in Salford and when coming down the M61 try to get to the M60 split by 6:30. Don't envy you having to travel to Warrington every day. We have an office in Great Sankey and that's bad enough getting there for 9AM once in a blue moon.

Don't think I've ever seen your Scoob though. Will keep an eye out in future.

esoteric · 18 Jul 2017 at 21:47

I travel 6 miles each way. Going to work it's 10 minutes on Saturdays, up to 20 minutes on weekdays and going home on weekdays up to 30 minutes. About £45 a month on petrol.

VTR · 19 Jul 2017 at 07:31

45 miles round trip
35mins travel time
£200/month in fuel
7.5% of (base) income

adolf hamster · 19 Jul 2017 at 12:52

Freefaller said:
Part of me does miss driving, part of me doesn't. I do enjoy being able to sit, and sleep, or get on with some work, or watch a series or read a book. Something I couldn't do when driving.

But as you said, traffic permitting, driving can be quite enjoyable too. Though for me it would take me at least 2hrs instead of my 1h30 by train.

i guess maybe it depends on the circumstances, in my case there's no public transport route that can compete on time for my commute, and at a significant comfort detriment (the bus seats are horrible and the trains are expensive)