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I've done it multiple times.
Falmouth to Plymouth (bike)
Plymouth to Exeter (bike)
Leigh to Huddersfield (car)
You'll do it once or twice and think hmm this isn't as bad as I thought. It will then grate on you and suck the life out of you. When driving and listening to a particular radio station you'll hear the half hour news rotate around every now and again...
Eventually you'll think where has all the time gone and realise it's running out your clock (your limited life). That's if it goes smoothly. Then the route is closed for some reason and your 75 minutes turns to 4 hours.... heh it once took me 5 hours to get from Leeds to Bolton once as they closed the motorway completely and there was no way off. ____________________ Spain 2008France 2007Big one 2009 We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. In the end, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching. |
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What about train? Although I must say, I'd probably use a car, for the convenience of it.
I used to do 2 to 3 hours (crossing a mountain range, fog/ice/snow/traffic; summer was 2 hours nearly every time) commute 3 times a week. I had a 1.9TDi car to do all that and it came slightely cheaper for me to drive, than going by train. Plus, it's very convenient to use a car. You go when you want to/need to and being in a car, you may bring spare clothes and all sorts of necessities and you don't have to really care for the weather.
The downside, driving is tiring.
Would I ever do the same commute on a motorcycle? Feck no! But, that's mostly based on the mountain range on my route. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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I used to commute Northampton to Dunstable daily; when I started the job in '89 it was a 45 minute drive, when I left in 2004 it was an hour and a quarter. That, however, was the head office - my customers were based all over the UK, so would regularly be driving into London, Andover, Ipswich, Leeds for 6-18 month periods.
Driving is my "me time" - stick the choonz on, and sing at the top of my lungs. ____________________ Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
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Train is 2 hours each way
Its about 40 miles motorway and 15 miles a / b road. Passat tdi will be more comfy than bike i reckon! Though considering additional wear and tear is a good shout.... Im guessing expenses will be benefit in kind and taxed too......
Pay is good, realtively (though appreciate thats different for each person)
Base salary up about 30%
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Theres another company near where where im based thats also hiring... Probably less of a rise but more bikeable... ____________________ DanceLikeAMonkey says: "An infinte amount of web pages available
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thyJOnasHVE ____________________ Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
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There's a lot of opportunity for things to go wrong, in 55 miles - sudden roadworks, accident, pissing rain and sheer weight on the motorway.
A set of badly timed temp lights that weren't there in the morning, turned my 25 mile/1 hour drive home, into a 2 hour torment.
Most of the time it will probably be OK, quite a lot of the time it won't, 18 months in and you will be counting the days to the school holidays and the days when the weather is likely to be decent.
I'm not saying don't do it, just don't do it thinking it's going to be 75 minutes every day, because it won't be.
I'm with Percy on this one, the shorter the commute, the better the life - I'd find a job closer to home, even if you don't get such a good pay rise. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
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good grief, and I thought my commute was mind-numbing.
When I first started here it used to take me about 20 mins / half hour to get to work, about 10 mins extra home, gradually that's got up to about an hour each way on average just due to a bit of traffic increase and a shit load of roadworks on the M60 ____________________ Looking to pass your CBT / Bike tests in Bury Lancashire? try www.focusridertraining.co.uk Would recommend.
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Yes, I did a 60 mile each way commute four 4 years.
Did it in a car, sometimes on a bike.
Admittedly it wasn't in the UK, so relatively little traffic and scorchio for most of the year.
The miles soon mount up, so, IMO, whatever vehicle you buy expect to get nothing back for it after 3 or 4 years!
I didn't do it regularly on the bike because after a few weeks all the fun just gets sucked out of it.
Jump in a car, load up your favourite choonz, talking books, etc. and zone out with all the other car driving zombies! ____________________ "Everybody needs money, that's why they call it money!" |
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The other thing I forgot to mention is, before you commit, make sure there are alternative routes - there's always the odd bottleneck, but it's farking soul destroying when you hear on the radio that your route is totally knackered and there's no way out! ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
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I do 36 miles each way, takes me around an hour on average. Generally light traffic barring a couple of junctions.
I dont mind the drive normally, but I do miss the two hours out of my day compared to when I used to be able to walk to work.
Since taking this on, I've been to a physio twice due to upper back and neck issues from driving and office work combined.
It's worth bearing in mind that I do 15k miles just commuting and youll be doing ~23, which means you get through tyres and services very quickly. If you're getting your costs paid then great, for me it means running older cars to avoid the depreciation (I total about 30k a year which makes leasing prohibitive).
Watch the HMRC rates for mileage which drop considerably after the first 10k, and arent applicable if you're 'commuting', you need to look into whether youll be taxed on the travel costs.
Other than that, it depends on your route and personal disposition, I dont mind mine, but I couldnt do 6 miles on the M25 without wanting to hurt people. |
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I've got a general rule not to work more than an hour's commute from home, I guess I'd extend that if it was less than 5 or 6 days a week but it'd have to be a shed load of money.
As for bike/car - that's not going to be an interesting ride on the bike, but being on a bike does let you filter when the going gets bad...
When I was freelance, I rode everywhere for 10 months a year (and let's face it, you'll probably want a car as well as a bike anyway in icy/snowy times) and enjoyed riding past all the cagers crawling on the m-way. But then I was rarely in one place more than a week so it never got boring.
Last 2 jobs, both about the same time/distance (30 mins) - the last one was a fun B road commute and I did it on the bike 95% of the time; the current one is usually not too busy/slow Mway then some not busy 30mph, would be boring as hell on the bike and no advantage filtering anywhere, so I drive. ____________________ Honda Varadero 125cc => Suzuki Bandit 650 33bhp => 77bhp =>
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 138 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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