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how far do you drive to work?

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Posted by: rickztahone

as the title states, how many miles do you guys drive back and forth from work? i'm just asking because the gas is whooping my A$$ right now. i drive approx. 50 miles total each day to work, and that's not including other driving and weekend. i know a guy who travels 65 miles a day to get to work. just curious...

Posted by: xarruda89x

4 miles, thats there and back, maybe 3.5.

Posted by: Firthockeydog

10 one way. Usually drive 500-700 miles per week... not going to say why...

Posted by: owlman

'bout 10 e/w

Posted by: King03LS8

10 or so round trip.

Posted by: SoonerLS

If I just go to work and back, it's approximately eight miles each way, and it's almost all highway (my morning commute is ~12 minutes).

Posted by: T_Man

Rick, the wifey drives the LS 50 miles a day, round trip, 5 days a week on the 210 freeway. Right now the mileage computer is reading 21.7 MPG.

Posted by: TwansLS

17....an my job sucks ... UPS...

Posted by: pelphrey

Aprox 17 miles one way...

Posted by: pelphrey

Approx 17 miles one way.

Sorry for the double post, computer was acting up.

Posted by: lincoln00

60 miles about 2 tanks of gas a week

Posted by: rickztahone

Quote:

Originally Posted by T_Man

Rick, the wifey drives the LS 50 miles a day, round trip, 5 days a week on the 210 freeway. Right now the mileage computer is reading 21.7 MPG.

i only get 17mpg's and that's considering it recently went up (no idea why btw). i think i filled up last time with 80 bucks for like 16 gallons or so. it really sucked but it sucked even more when i had to fill up 3 days later.

Posted by: JRiffe108

Approx. 8 miles each way. I have resorted to parking my LS and riding my bike. Honda CBR that is. 60 MPG versus 20 MPG. Plus, keeps the mileage down until i can buy the extended service plan. I must admit though, i miss driving my lady.

Posted by: nightriddah

to work and back, a total of 9 miles. sometimes I go home on lunch however, which can double the mileage

Posted by: nightriddah

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firthockeydog

10 one way. Usually drive 500-700 miles per week... not going to say why...

whoa!

Posted by: JWerner2

About 2 miles if I am at our shop ( both ways ) and about 44 miles one way if I am going to our DC headquarters. I go to our DC about twice a week.

Its not bad at all really being all highway and getting paid for travel.

Posted by: NYC LS8

I don't.

I walk to and from the express bus stop 5 days a week.

Posted by: jk52781

7 miles each way

Posted by: PatrickSimmons

about 3 miles each way.

Posted by: 03AspenGreenLS

I don't - I walk about 1500 feet. I live directly across the street from where I work.

Posted by: pagluy

8 miles mostly highway each way. MPG has been hovering around 20.5 since I started this drive.

Posted by: brentalan

47 miles each way.

Posted by: TwansLS

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwansLS

17....an my job sucks ... UPS...

its actually 17 one way so yea like 34miles...my bad...oh yea DONT SHIP THREW UPS!!...

Posted by: nightriddah

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwansLS

its actually 17 one way so yea like 34miles...my bad...oh yea DONT SHIP THREW UPS!!...

I have horror stories from shipping through UPS, very telling that even their employees say not to use them.........

Posted by: 5spdLS

To work and back is 10 miles.

I ride my bicycle to work when it's nice out, though. Wakes me up and gets me a workout.

Posted by: rickztahone

Quote:

Originally Posted by 03AspenGreenLS

I don't - I walk about 1500 feet. I live directly across the street from where I work.

you must have extremely low mileage.

Posted by: daves2000ls

I too dont drive to work, I ride my bicycle, its about 1.6 miles total both ways. Lucy just rolled past 140,000 this last weekend.

Posted by: oldhead

I have you all beat. I drive 100 miles round trip five day a week.
And the price of gas at 4.17 for 93 is killing me. I get about 20 mpg on I95.

Posted by: LongIslandLSE

80 miles round trip, sometimes a little more depending if I have to go to my other branch that day.

Posted by: erkinatl

it's about 40 miles each way in Atlanta traffic. The ride home is Better then the ride in. I can make it home most nights in just a hair under an hour. Coming in it usually an hour and ten minutes sometimes longer never less. Even still the car is averaging 22.4 MPG and @ 4.15 a gallon here. I usually fill up when the car has 1/2 a tank in it anly because it seams to hurt less.

Posted by: Lincoln Luebbe

About 30 miles each way. But-
I also go to night school which adds another 15-30 miles each way 4 nights a week depending on which campus my class is at. Premium is about 4.29 in Germantown Ohio.

Posted by: Zach

WOW I envy all of you!!! I drive an AVG of 175 miles a day! And I pay $4.30-$4.40 a gallon for 93... But I manage to keep a consistant 19.5 20.0 MPG combined average... If I wasnt so upside on this car I would be driving a civic getting 35mpg :-(

Posted by: glanga

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYC LS8

I don't.

I walk to and from the express bus stop 5 days a week.

Well la di da!

About 5 miles each way. I tried jogging in one day but nearly collapsed, had to call a co-worker to pick me up.

Time to start investing in Vespas and Smart cars everyone!

Posted by: NYC LS8

This will help my quest to post that my mileage is far below average. In a few years of course, but by then a certain Texas member probably won't have his LS any more.

Posted by: TwansLS

Quote:

Originally Posted by nightriddah

I have horror stories from shipping through UPS, very telling that even their employees say not to use them.........

well i only said it cause the less people that ship threw there the less work i gotta do...but also cause i see peoples stuff get thrown around ect ect... just a lil heads up ya kno

Posted by: NYC LS8

They call it "work" for a reason

Posted by: TwansLS

yea some people have JOBS...i have WORK

Posted by: pragmatic

Walk to the train. Why waste miles driving to work.

Put 15,000 miles on LS, 6000 on Mustang and 5000 on bikes each year by not driving to work.

Posted by: lazydays

i beat you all....i drive my car for my job and i fill up every day....it usaully takes 60 bucks unless ireally ran her dry then closer to 70 ...i am a road warrior i live in my ls....just recently got her back from the dealership...they put a new motor in after mine had jumped time and bent all the pushrods...fortunately i had an extended warranty and they took care of it...i get 20.8 mpg with the new motor much better than the 17.6 i was getting....glad to be back guys

Posted by: cammerfe

I burn just about a full tank every day. Costs about $65. My mileage is showing 21.7 at present. This includes Interstate, two-lane, gravel, and plain dirt roads. I'm a little bit puzzled by the reference to 'pushrods'. Our engines don't have pushrods---the valves are directly operated by the cams.
KS

Posted by: Beamer

20 miles round trip on the dot unless I take one of the 10 different ways.

Posted by: workin_ike

Quote:

Originally Posted by glanga

Time to start investing in Vespas and Smart cars everyone!

I'm suprised nobody mentioned the Chevy Volt yet. I have been watching chevy's news and progress on this car since they announced it as a concept. Oh and I drive 20 miles round trip, not counting my 40 mile comute to visit family once a week. When I was in school though I was comuting 90-100 per day in the Aveo.

Posted by: 06LSMero

A wonderful 66 miles a day , 5 days a week

Posted by: mnmridg

I've got the lucky 13 mile trip each way...Lucky you ask...?

Yes, I count myself as VERY fortunate to be driving a company truck to and fro, on company gas. It is indeed a very lucky 13 miles.

Posted by: mespock

Hmmmm... I walk 3 blocks to work and then walk 6 or more home that's if I go to monitor the weightroom after work.

That damn price of shoes is going to break me soon.

Posted by: lazydays

Quote:

Originally Posted by cammerfe

I burn just about a full tank every day. Costs about $65. My mileage is showing 21.7 at present. This includes Interstate, two-lane, gravel, and plain dirt roads. I'm a little bit puzzled by the reference to 'pushrods'. Our engines don't have pushrods---the valves are directly operated by the cams.
KS

thats what the stealership said???

Posted by: KD00LS

I walk about 30 feet to work every day.

Posted by: steagle

i used to walk to work, that's why i originally bought the LS, i knew it got gad bas mileage and was expensive to maintain... but then i got sick and tired of my job and got a better one that i now commute to, and that commute is about 5.5 miles each way, all street driving, averaging about 14mpg. gas is still around $4.80 a gallon here in LA. the first couple years i had the car i only put about 12k miles on it. now i'm probably going to be putting about that much on it each year.

i'd prefer not to ride my bike to work in LA traffic. a little too stressful start of the day for me.

Posted by: lseguy

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwansLS

17....an my job sucks ... UPS...

I work in a pretty nice office job now..have for the last 17 yrs or so. But I used to drive for UPS for about a year. At 22-23 years of age? LOVED IT. Great benefits, good salary with bonus you could earn if you finished up early each day, and since I was new, I got the hardest routes. (commercial). BUT..the upside? I usually interacted with hot receptionists and secretaries DAILY. And people LOVE the UPS guy. Why? all he does is BRING you things. I cant recall how many hot (didnt say they were surgeouns) chicks I encountered and ended up "dating" in the Herndon/Reston areas back in the day..all due to the UPS angle. lol

Oh..anyways..current commute is 17 congested miles each way 3 days per week, about 6 miles each way 2 days per week. Averaging 17.5 mpg in my 2002 V8

Posted by: TwansLS

very true i did the driver helper position for the holidays and evryone is always happy too see you ,and yep alot of bitches..i mean women lol..you would see daily...im hopin to be a driver eventually

Posted by: G-RELL

i drive around 10 miles one way. i problem is its all city and i'm usually running late for some reason (maybe thats just my excuse to drive a little faster), so im getting around 14.5 -15mpg. Gas is around $4.10 around here. combine that with weekends and i fill up 1.5 times a week.

Posted by: V-Tally

I drive about 15 miles to and from work, where i then drive a Grumman around all night, delivering the gift of bread to the hungry masses. also those damn things don't have Air conditioning. think UPS truck, with electrical problems, and brake problems and filled with hot ass bread, and crumbs, and kids throw stuff at you. but the money is good.