how far do you commute to work?

[peanut]

I was interested to hear about your daily drive to work . How far is it and whats it like ? do you take the piggy ? or like me do you have a Mondy or something similar to thrash to work.
I work as a temp so depending which client I am working for can drive a round trip to work between 30 miles and 135 miles per day.
Currently commuting to St Pauls Bristol from Crewkerne somerset in my Mondy .

Journey takes around 1.5 hours each way at 80mph and is hell.
The M5 is like a corridor of death with maniacs in giant 4x4's doing over a ton. Young girls in Fiestas sitting 3 yards off your bumper at 80mph. Middle aged men thrashing the nuts of their SUVs at 90+ undertaking etc Huge lumps of 4"x4" and various bits of stuff fallen off vans and lorries to avoid.

Sheer madness and terror.[8|]

 

[pauljmcnulty]

I try to work as locally as possible, as every hour spent in the van is dead time to the self-employed....[]

What gets me is how a Turquoise Toyota van, long wheelbase, lights on in poor visibility, towing 12 feet of Ifor Williams' finest galvanised trailer full of garden rubbish, can be TOTALLY INVISIBLE TO PEOPLE! [][][] Do they not realise that if I have to brake hard all my equipment goes crashing around in the back. And often the dogs end up on the floor.

Sorry, rant over - I'll go and take my medication.....[]

 

[skattrd]

I'm a contractor so place of work varies. Currently driving to and from Poole once a week (245 miles each way) and I have been using my 944 but currently its in the garage .... I'll be using it again once its fixed []
Last year I was working in Norwich and commuted there daily (100 miles each way down A17/A47). I used my Scirocco or mk1 golf convertible for that, awful road but can be good fun when you know the road and have a heavy right foot. I didn't have the Porka then but doubt I'd have used it for 1000 mile a week commute.

Ps. I'm addicted to VAG's from the 80's and love my 'rocco.

 

[morris944s2john]

10 mile commute from Margate to Sanwich. I would not want to live any further. I car share, so about 1/4 of the time the S2, 1/4 time my Traveller and about 1/2 the time, car sharers Astra. Also occasionally take the company subsidised bus (NOT public transport[]).

Takes exactly the same time to get to work regardless of whether its in the 39 year old 48bhp woodie estate or the 211bhp S2.

 

[Guest]

i drive a mitshu l200 trojan in to work which might have to go due to the £25 a day con charge change that my friend and yours kenneth is bringing in ,havent driven my porka for a week or so as haveing my drive re done

i find it better to only treat my self to a every now and then to a smooch definatly keeps you keen and somthing to look forward to after a day in the van

Paul

 

[appletonn]

I cover around 6-700 miles per week covering the North West and Midlands part of the country for my employer in a 325i that has covered 67000 miles in the 2 years since it was registered - great engine and chassis apart from the [] runflat tyres...

 

[steve 944t]

15 minute drive to work, along nice country lanes (Burnham Beeches if anyone knows it). The roads are not terribly 944 friendly - narrow, very bumpy, lots of mud/leaves etc at this time of the year. Perfectly suited to my trusty old Subaru. I do tend to use the 944 when the weather is nice, as I much prefer driving it but can't fault the chav-mobile for daily use.

 

[georgethackray]

My daily commute involves me walking down 14 steps. I work from home []

 

[peanut]

ORIGINAL: georgethackray

My daily commute involves me walking down 14 steps. I work from home []

oh George how awful lol[] do you mind me asking what your business is ? drug trafficking maybe ?
I am trying to get back to working from home. It doesn't suit everyone. Sounds great but you have to have superhuman willpower and disciple .

I've got to think of a new home business so I can get some quality of life back .
Its amazing how far we are willing to commute to work isn't it.

I'm supposed to be working from home today but I'm watching Top Gear [] its the one with the Veyron and plane race and is hilarious.
My office have gone to Bristol Zoo for the day team building exercise []

 

[Fred Hindle]

Can someone explain to me this 'work' thing?

Thanks in anticipation.

Cheers,

 

[zcacogp]

Another contractor ... current major client is about 20 miles away, so I drive that 3 or 4 days a week. (And back, clearly).

S2 is my only car, so it's that, or a bicycle, or public transport (which is a no-no, taking 3 times as long and costing a LOT more than the Porsche! Sounds funny when you put it like that ...)

Skattrd - nice Sciroc there. Le Castellet alloys too ....


Oli.

 

[James_G]

And another contractor here. I've just spent a year commuting from Brighton to Newbury on Mondays, and back on Thursdays in my BMW 330i, with journeys in between giving ish 500 miles a week. I bought the Porsche so that I had something different to drive at the weekends, for social mileage purposes. If I had employment more locally I suspect I would swap them around based on some unspecified criteria like the weather, how I was feeling, was I going for lunch with a nice girl from the office etc, etc.

 

[Dico]

10 minute drive to work in the Porsche 3 times a week, followed by 800 miles a week in a Scania.
Poor Lotus is never used these days. Thinking of sorning it when the insurance runs out at the end of the year.

 

[berg944]

1 mile[][][][][][]

Use my camper as it stops the brakes from seizing.

Mike[:'(]

 

[RC18B 911 turbo]

10 mins walk or 15 mins drive traffic is really bad can take 5 mins just to leave the drive sometimes.

 

[sawood12]

Well I sometimes share the commute with the wife in the Focus as she works at the same place as me but on average i'll take the 944 three times a week. The drive involves a blast down the A50 for a couple of junctions to Derby then a traffic jam into work[] so I make the most of the 10 min blast along the A50. I used to take the back country lanes if the weather was nice but those roads are an absolute disgrace - third world countries have better roads, and with the KW it is just too rough and pot holed.

I get great satisfaction from using the car as an (almost) daily driver. It means I start the day at work in a jovial mood (but goes downhill quickly as soon as I arrive).

 

[geoffbateman]

Four and a half miles, usually takes about 7 minutes (unless a tractor or stray cow or deer gets in the way). Use the porker if the weathers nice but usually the trust Granada Scorpio does the job.

 

[George Elliott]

15 miles of A road, no traffic lights, use the 944 every day.

The problem with driving anything else is that I always wish I was in the 944t.

Great to see the lovely SkyRocket Skattrd, I had a few of them back around 1990, my best one was a Turbo Technics Storm. Are those the forged 14" rims I see on yours?

The 944 is a great daily drive, but if I need 4 doors, I have the slowest thing on the planet, an A4tdi estate with 100horses, but it runs on the smell of diesel. It has no torque steer (no torque) and massive traction (no power).

George
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