Shortest regular journey using your car?

[buzzer]

The caretaker at out local school lives in the house right next door to it...

Every day he starts his car, Opens the house gates, Drives out, Closes the gates, drives 50 yards (if that) opens the school gates, and parks his car. Always in the same spot!

There is a small gate from his garden to the school...

He does this at 6:30 and again at 3:00, every day. Even when its icy, he still cleans the car off and does the 50 yards to School...

what's the shortest regular journey you know of, or do yourself?

[CallorFold]

I've been known to drive over to "the shop" by my house when I've been in a rush - it's maybe 300m each way!

Realistically I could probably walk it in the same time it takes to get in the car, pull off the drive, wait to turn at an island and park outside the shop.. but somehow driving just makes the whole experience feel quicker!

[Hoofy]

buzzer said:

The caretaker at out local school lives in the house right next door to it...

I can only think that he's been told off for leaving his car there overnight and needs his car for potential transportation purposes. Or he's too lazy or unhealthy to walk which wouldn't make sense if he's doing a caretaker's job!

[Riley Blue]

I use one car to drive to my lock up about a mile away so I can swap cars and drive the one that's kept in it. I tell myself it could be raining when I return - do I qualify for the 'Wimp of the Week' award?

[omgus]

CallorFold said:

I've been known to drive over to "the shop" by my house when I've been in a rush - it's maybe 300m each way!

Realistically I could probably walk it in the same time it takes to get in the car, pull off the drive, wait to turn at an island and park outside the shop.. but somehow driving just makes the whole experience feel quicker!

Yep, when i lived at my old house i used to drive to the shop, possibly 200m if you walked the slightly longer way and about 150 if you drove direct. The car i used most for this journey was my modded Impreza. It was also only the shop i drove to, if i was getting a takeaway from the chinese next to it i would walk.

[s p a c e m a n]

I used to drive the 1.5 mile to work every day because I always hated walking home after work, it took too long.

[a311]

Probably the weekly supermarket run maybe a 4 mile round trip easily walk-able but not so with loads of bags or laziness if it’s just for a few things.

[CallorFold]

s p a c e m a n said:

I used to drive the 1.5 mile to work every day because I always hated walking home after work, it took too long.

Sounds perfectly reasonable It might even be raining when you leave work and there's no point getting wet

[matty6660]

We live about 100 yards from a huge forest where we walk our dogs. My dad is so lazy that he puts the dogs in the car, drives the 100 yards, then gets them out and lets them run around for a bit. Then puts them back in the car and drives home. Now that is lazy! since the whole point of the trip is to WALK the dogs lol.

[numtumfutunch]

neighbour does the school run by car twice a day
her kids are 11 and 8

its 200m each way

[R12HCO]

CallorFold said:

I've been known to drive over to "the shop" by my house when I've been in a rush - it's maybe 300m each way!

Realistically I could probably walk it in the same time it takes to get in the car, pull off the drive, wait to turn at an island and park outside the shop.. but somehow driving just makes the whole experience feel quicker!

Ditto.

[anonymous-user]

numtumfutunch said:

neighbour does the school run by car twice a day
her kids are 11 and 8

its 200m each way

Insane.

[wiliferus]

matty6660 said:

We live about 100 yards from a huge forest where we walk our dogs. My dad is so lazy that he puts the dogs in the car, drives the 100 yards, then gets them out and lets them run around for a bit. Then puts them back in the car and drives home. Now that is lazy! since the whole point of the trip is to WALK the dogs lol.

My ex Father in law used to live in a rural place, and walked his dogs in a big local field. He evetually got them so well trained he'd drop them off in the car at one end of the field, drive to the entrance at the other end and sit in his car smoking with the boot open until the dogs jumped back in

[Phil Dicky]

wiliferus said:

matty6660 said:

We live about 100 yards from a huge forest where we walk our dogs. My dad is so lazy that he puts the dogs in the car, drives the 100 yards, then gets them out and lets them run around for a bit. Then puts them back in the car and drives home. Now that is lazy! since the whole point of the trip is to WALK the dogs lol.

My ex Father in law used to live in a rural place, and walked his dogs in a big local field. He evetually got them so well trained he'd drop them off in the car at one end of the field, drive to the entrance at the other end and sit in his car smoking with the boot open until the dogs jumped back in

I do hope he had an electric boot,

[Chicane-UK]

My trip to work is 2.5 miles - my shortest trip really. I've taken to walking it a fair bit over summer, partly for exercise, and partly to save the continual short trips on my ageing old car. But I have to say, it's just a nightmare not using a car every day - you get so used to the convenience - and when you don't have it, the sheer amount of effort and planning your life around having to fit in going home first just to get the car, is becoming a real pain in the backside.

I think it's fair to say as soon as the weather breaks, I won't be too sad about getting back into the car every day.

[Perd Hapley]

For about 15 years my mum's daily commute in her car was 502 meters (0.31 miles). For 15 years the poor car was never off choke.

To this day the temperature gauge still doesn't move properly, I think it's atrophied.

[bobbo89]

Take-away run. Less than a mile but who wants a cold curry!

Other than that, the shortest journey I do is about a 5/6 mile round trip to the gym

[CraigZR]

A woman that lives on my street drives from her house to the bottom of the street which is about 200m to walk her dog. And most of the parents do the school run even though its about 500 metres away.

[TheTurbonator]

s p a c e m a n said:

I used to drive the 1.5 mile to work every day because I always hated walking home after work, it took too long.

Thank fk I'm not alone. I started off walking it but I too got fed up of how long it took to get home. I can't help thinking I'm destroying my engine with all the short trips though.

[Dave G fsi]

Riley Blue said:

I use one car to drive to my lock up about a mile away so I can swap cars and drive the one that's kept in it. I tell myself it could be raining when I return - do I qualify for the 'Wimp of the Week' award?

I do exactly the same