What's a reasonable commut to you?

[crofty1984]

I reckon 30 mins is fine
45 getting on a bit
1 hour is a "long" commute.

I'm assuming driving your own car on normal roads.

[Silver940]

50mins-hour (50miles) each way for the last 10 years.

It is a chore some days but I am home at 5:30 most nights which is why I live with it.

Edited by Silver940 on Thursday 9th February 10:03

[Ray Singh]

I spent the last 15 years commuting 62 miles each way in my own car using my own fuel.
It was hell and took 1hr 15mins on a good day and once took 11 hours on a totally bad day.

I now have a commute of 29miles each way that takes about 45 mins.

Nice and easy.

[P-Jay]

Mine's 15-20 and it's perfect, long enough to wake up and get my game face on, not so as to be a chore.

Used to do 1hr 10mn through stop-start traffic, it was hell.

[P-Jay]

Ray Singh said:

I spent the last 15 years commuting 62 miles each way in my own car using my own fuel.
It was hell and took 1hr 15mins on a good day and once took 11 hours on a totally bad day.

I now have a commute of 29miles each way that takes about 45 mins.

Nice and easy.

11 hours!!! Did you get caught in the snow?

[ewenm]

Driving 45 mins - some days that would be 1hr+ due to accidents/traffic/snow/etc.

On the train with a seat - 1hr is my max acceptable.

[vixen1700]

Half an hour at the moment, and it rarely deviates from that.

20 Miles door to door.

[badlands1]

Years ago I used to do approx 300 miles per day.

[0000]

8 long paces.

[D1ngd0ng]

29.7 miles - takes 40-45 minutes mainly because of idiot MLM on the M6 ruining it for the rest of us and 5 miles of dual carriage way which has an average speed of 20mph if you're lucky.

[Zwolf]

Between half an hour and an hour is about ideal for me, less than half an hour is never quite enough time to switch into/out of work mode I find.

[RizzoTheRat]

Currently doing 45 miles in about an hour, its not too bad but when I do some work back in our office (9 miles, 20 mins) I really notice the difference. It's surprising how quickly you get used to the commute though. I've done a few jobs on a site 75 miles and about 1 hour 20 away and knowing that it's only for a few months makes it doable, but I couldn't do it permanently.

If I was commuting by train I reckon half an hour or so would be my limit, I hate the bloody things.

[falkster]

I used to drive 60 miles each way which was a struggle but now it's not the length of the journey it's the fact petrol is £800 million a gallon yet petrol allowances are still the same as they were when petrol was 79.9p.

[ROB_GTR]

0000 said:

8 long paces.

You actually just got up and paced it out didn't you?

12 miles each way for the past 9years, takes 20 mins which is ok.

[KaraK]

I'll accept anything up to an hour really, currently it's ~40 mins of almost exclusively motorway so that's nice and easy.

[SWoll]

Staffordshire to London (Chelsea)

15 min drive to station.
1hr15 on the train
20 min on 2 x Tubes
10 min walk

Twice a day, 5x a week.

It's a good job they pay so well, makes for a long day......

Used to do a 60-90 min drive to Rotherham everyday on the A38/M1. Prefer the train, at least I can have a quick nap if required and catch up on TV/Films on the journey.

[Ahhh Moneypenny]

30 minutes usually but sometimes up to 45 if traffic built up, tedium is the word, I currently can't change it unless I move closer to work or work closer to home lol, so just put on some music and accept it takes as long as it takes, rather than bursting a blood vessel, spitting acid at 'st' drivers and biting my steering wheel, only gets you in a state before work!

[ukwill]

Can't believe this is Pistonheads and no one has asked what a commut is yet?

[Eric Mc]

ukwill said:

Can't believe this is Pistonheads and no one has asked what a commut is yet?

It's what an Inuit does when he leaves his Igloo to go seal hunting.

[Liokault]

Proportional to the money/job?

A few years ago I was out of contract for a month, so a contract at good money 75 miles away (1.5 hours min, own car, own fuel) was an acceptable commute.