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Reply #30March 03, 2014, 07:52:07 pm

RobertMcC

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Re: How long is your commute?
« Reply #30 on: March 03, 2014, 07:52:07 pm »
232 KM a day....Thats my commute to school.
2001 Jetta TDI ( 216, CX racing FMIC )

Reply #31March 09, 2014, 12:29:35 am

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Re: How long is your commute?
« Reply #31 on: March 09, 2014, 12:29:35 am »
About a half a mile one way.  I can't justify driving to work so I ride bike.  In winter even--with studded tires.  The irony is I converted my pickup years ago to burn WVO and I only burn it now on weekends or traveling to CO 3-4 times a year. 
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1996 Passat B4V TDI

Reply #32March 09, 2014, 12:51:59 am

mystery3

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Re: How long is your commute?
« Reply #32 on: March 09, 2014, 12:51:59 am »
27 miles round-trip. A little over a gallon of gasoline in the Tacoma +/- 24mpg. Takes roughly 25 minutes each way, a good deal of which is surface streets, luckily the freeway and to some extent the entire trip is reverse commute, it would take twice as long otherwise.

Reply #33March 09, 2014, 11:43:13 am

RobertMcC

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Re: How long is your commute?
« Reply #33 on: March 09, 2014, 11:43:13 am »
Im kinda glad I only got a month or so left of this 232KM a day 4 days a week commute.

I bought the car in June with 385K and now I have well over 440K.

If you gotta travel that far, move closer...
2001 Jetta TDI ( 216, CX racing FMIC )

Reply #34March 23, 2014, 02:22:28 pm

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« Reply #34 on: March 23, 2014, 02:22:28 pm »
68 miles one-way. 
I have a 1981 Caddy pickup.   Daily driver.  When you get 500-600 per tank and all the power you need and a dependable rig, distance doesn't matter.
1.9TD AAZ, Giles pump.  020 afs (3.67:1 with .71OD) 15" tires.  Truck has PS, tonneau lid, and I'd feel comforable driving it coast to coast, as long as I can change oil every 10K miles.

Wayne
South Central Virginia

Reply #35March 24, 2014, 10:25:38 am

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« Reply #35 on: March 24, 2014, 10:25:38 am »
Wayne, what town are you in? I'd love to check out your caddy sometime... I'm near Farmville.

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Reply #36March 25, 2014, 01:29:06 pm

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« Reply #36 on: March 25, 2014, 01:29:06 pm »
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When you get 500-600 per tank and all the power you need and a dependable rig, distance doesn't matter.

maybe when you are young...

I have a 64 mile round trip commute that takes 50 minutes on average, taking mostly 2 lane roads and a bit of city traffic.  I have been doing that for 16 years , mostly in my Rabbit P/U or Jetta , sometimes in my 240D stick when I felt like wasting fuel.

Four years before that I was doing an 80 mile r/t in my pickup.

I've had enough of work...retiring later this year.

If my daughter is lucky, she will get into a better high school across the county...and I will have a few more years of commuting. I think that is a 40 mile r/t, but twice a day.  Might get some help from SWMBO or do some car pooling with other kids.
'91 Jetta 1.6 NA, '82 Caddy 1.6NA, '81 Cabriolet,  4 Mercedes OM616/617s , 2 Triumphs and a Citroen DS19 in a pear tree.

 

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