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R50/53 how long are your commutes?

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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 10:50 AM
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just wondering.
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 10:54 AM
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About 12 minutes. I have a company vehicle and only drive my baby on the weekends. :evil:
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 11:13 AM
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15-20 minutes for work, 15-20 minutes for school, so on the road commuting for just under an hour every other day...

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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 11:19 AM
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Depends....
Traffic.....about a half hour.
No traffic? 12 minutes.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 11:25 AM
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I timed it yesterday, using my cell-phones stopwatch. 16 minutes (give or take a few seconds)
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 11:28 AM
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10 minutes to the light rail transit station. Then another 15 to downtown Portland OR where I work. But since I work at 5am in the morning, I always am one of the first people in the transit station parking garage...so I am always parked right in front with the same white Honda civic on my passenger side every day. At least I don't have to worry about dings. I'd drive to my office, but $200+ a month for parking is just retarded when you have a free transit pass from work.

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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 11:35 AM
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One hour each way to & from work in traffic. And there always seems to be traffic.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 11:54 AM
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Hour and fifteen minutes in the morning, an hour going home. Commute route is 12-miles of two lane highway, 1/4 mile of four lane freeway and 34-miles of rolling coastal hills with a nice curvy road. Close to 500 miles a week! OUCH! But driving the MINI sure makes the time fun.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 11:59 AM
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Well Round Trip to to work and back will be around 50 miles, I think Im so lucky to have so much time to Motor.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 02:41 PM
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Not long enough since I got my MCS. (20mins-1 hour depending on traffic)
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 02:44 PM
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800 Meters from Door to Door !

I live in Atlanta and I hate the traffic so I moved to an apt. very close to work !

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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 03:10 PM
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33 miles each way. That translates to anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour and a half depending on how tied up our wonderful northern VA traffic is on any given morning.

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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 03:16 PM
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Well, since I don't work . But when I do go out I always take the long way home
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 03:18 PM
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3 miles each way. Depending on the traffic light, I average about 7 mins each way.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 03:19 PM
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my commute is roughly 60 miles each way, takes me about an hour fifteen to complete. it's about 15 miles of freeway, 40 miles of twisty-curvy mountain roads (HWY 74) and 5 or so of just city streets. The kicker is that I sometimes have to drive yet another 40 or so miles during the course of my day (I support the POS system for a company in OC, CA). I'm usually at about 600 miles a week!
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 03:22 PM
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I drive 140 miles back and forth 5 days a week. Few jobs in the world for what I do and I love where I live, so I haven't moved closer.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 03:25 PM
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80 miles and 2 hours and 40 minutes both ways. fun.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 03:27 PM
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57 miles each way... or 61 if I take Angeles Forrest Highway in the AM which I have been doing regularly since I got MINI... Too much fun to resist. Now, let's talk about the people who do not use the turn-outs when they have cars stacked behind them forever!!! The drive me nuts! :evil:
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 03:46 PM
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Now, let's talk about the people who do not use the turn-outs when they have cars stacked behind them forever!!! The drive me nuts! :evil:

I HATE THAT! I get that every morning on the Ortega HWY...usually a big truck pulling a train of cars that is over a mile long! ugh!
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 06:29 PM
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I live in Los Angeles county, but I work in Orange county. My commute is about
30 to 45 minutes depending on the traffic, about 15 minutes without traffic. I usually take the 91 freeway which is one of the worst freeways in LA :evil: next to the 710 that is, and the 405 when it rains. Some parts of the 405 have lines that
just seem to disappear in the rain :???: total f**kin chaos!
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 07:11 PM
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I walk to work, but I go out before(and after) work to scrub my tires for an hour or two
 
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 09:22 PM
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68 miles total. Roughly 40 minutes each way cuz of traffic

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Old Oct 27, 2002 | 05:03 PM
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Great thread.....just noticed it.
31 miles each way
95% of it....on the Northern State P'way... on Long Island, NY
As I leave early in the AM & return home late.....there is usually....little traffic.
I average between...70-90 mph...on this wonderful 2 lane...newly paved....P'way.
I must admit...I've pushed the limit to.... 110+ on occassion.
I enjoy the hell outa my MCS...every day :smile:


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Old Oct 27, 2002 | 06:47 PM
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I'm in and out of my car all day long. I kind of work in the surrounding areas and a bit from home. During the course of a day, I may meet with up to 6-8 different clients all within a 7-15 minute drive from my house. Many days start at 5:30am and don't end until 10pm. But a lot of those days have a lot of downtime throughout also so I'm never working straight through.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2002 | 06:58 PM
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:evil: Takes about 20-40 minutes to drive from home in West L.A. to most destinations in L.A....longer in Santa Monica! But I don't mind in MINIclo!

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