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[The Sheriff]

Since we moved my daily drive has increased quite a bit. My lad is still in school in Wakefield, that's about 20 miles there and back...twice. Then, with a bit of pottering, another 10 miles so say 50 miles a day, down twisty lanes mostly.
This seems a lot to me, and I'm finding it tiring, but I was wandering what other people do daily. Sorry Al and Dave, you're not included.


As an aside, with the wifes journey to work and back, I reckon our petrol bill will be about £320-£340 a month. How does that compare?

[amba]

Drive between 700/800 miles every week in a 3.2 

Fortunatley I can offset the fuel against tax so its one of my few pleasures when I go to work ...and I get there pretty quickly too

[05omegav6]

I'm saying nowt about the distance, but driving in traffic can be pretty draining, add in pressures of getting to the school on time plus any crap weather and it's the mental efforts that soon gets to you

The car itself can play a part in that... I'm guessing you spend about three hours a day in it... when you get back from a particularly greuling trip, can you walk upright instantly with no aching or groaning? If yes, that's great, if not, then consider a change of car...

I could comfortably do a ten hour stint in the Omega, but more than half an hour in the Merc and I feel it the second I get out

The gearing of said car has a big say in your fuel consumption too... if it's a six speed, the 1.8 shouldn't be too bad, but if it's only a five speed then it will get thirsty, especially if you're working it

[powerslinky]

100 ish miles a day  now , 50 ish each way .  Equates to a minimum £500 per month diesel bill 

But as Amba says . . . self employed so goes on expenses    Still have to find it  to put it in  the tank though

Been doing it for 6 weeks now  & was tiring at first  . . . but getting used to it now 

[The Sheriff]

I'm saying nowt about the distance, but driving in traffic can be pretty draining, add in pressures of getting to the school on time plus any crap weather and it's the mental efforts that soon gets to you

The car itself can play a part in that... I'm guessing you spend about three hours a day in it... when you get back from a particularly greuling trip, can you walk upright instantly with no aching or groaning? If yes, that's great, if not, then consider a change of car...

I could comfortably do a ten hour stint in the Omega, but more than half an hour in the Merc and I feel it the second I get out

The gearing of said car has a big say in your fuel consumption too... if it's a six speed, the 1.8 shouldn't be too bad, but if it's only a five speed then it will get thirsty, especially if you're working it

Yeah, about three hours. Quite high up so comfortable enough and five gears seems ok cause I can't get above 50 on the type of roads i use. I usually manage to change up early enough so as to keep the revs below 2000 and the computer is saying 35.5mpg, so not too bad.
As you say, Al, bad weather, old codger or big truck make the trip much worse.

[Crazycarzowner]

I used to be doing about 76 miles a day round trip to work & back, but now I do 56 miles as I have moved stations. Works out at a saving of £60 a month 

[aaronjb]

About 15 miles each way to work during the week, maybe 200 miles a week on average including weekend pottering..

Of course the 15 miles takes 45-90 minutes

Oh and about 27mpg average at the moment, which isn't too bad for the size of the Ranger. Damn sight better than I got out of the Omega or the M3, anyway (about 22mpg and 17mpg respectively)

[VXL V6]

About 800 a week in my 2.6.

If I'm just in the office it's a 60 mile round trip so a week in the office is 300 miles a week, however, I can't remember when I last did a full week there. Usually out and about at various sites 2 - 3 days a week which can be anywhere in the country as we have approx. 940 'main' sites and something like 80,000 'other' sites.

[Taxi_Driver]

I'm saying nowt about the distance, but driving in traffic can be pretty draining, add in pressures of getting to the school on time plus any crap weather and it's the mental efforts that soon gets to you

The car itself can play a part in that... I'm guessing you spend about three hours a day in it... when you get back from a particularly greuling trip, can you walk upright instantly with no aching or groaning? If yes, that's great, if not, then consider a change of car...

I could comfortably do a ten hour stint in the Omega, but more than half an hour in the Merc and I feel it the second I get out

The gearing of said car has a big say in your fuel consumption too... if it's a six speed, the 1.8 shouldn't be too bad, but if it's only a five speed then it will get thirsty, especially if you're working it

Its usually the seat position that is wrong, try a more upright position, with the seat pushed back slightly. Having a more horizontal base can help as well. 

[Varche]

About 150 a week but we work from home.

When I was in the UK a couple of weeks ago I did 4100 in 21 days so about 1350 a week - a lot of that in Glasgow rush hours . It reminded me of the bad old days ten or so years ago. Mind you we had all fuel included so no incentive whatsoever not to use!

[TheBoy]

I'm lucky that my commute is only 23 or 27 miles each way (depending which way I go - longer is faster, but frequently prone to delays due to accidents).

I did get a job a couple of weeks ago that would have been 60 miles each way, but couldn't agree on finances. Certainly wouldn't fancy much further.

[Andy B]

You've all cheered me up no end  . I do a 45 mile round trip to work & back 14 times in 28 days ...... so low miles compared with above   

[cem_devecioglu]

daily 20 miles to job.. but weekly avg 160-170 generally.. but mostly very crowded rush hour traffic..

[TheBoy]

We do a lot of miles not for commuting though. Both Omegas are insured for 20k pa, and the battlebus 10k pa. The Omegas used to be 15k, but we had started to get desperately close to that.

[05omegav6]

Both my Bro and SIL commute from the New Forest to Bracknell most days, Christ knows how though... That said, I have just applied for a job forty miles from me. Fortunately it isn't 9-5 as it involves crossing Guildford