Commuting

[Star_Fox]

So everyone, how do you guys commute? I spend about approximately 1 hour to get to school which is kind of a pain since

I have to go through both the highway and city and it's really bad for my gas mileage...I live in a very urban area so my commuting

usually doubles and forces me to revise on a earlier basis....>.>

 

Also, I want to discuss driving and what kind of vehicles do you guys drive. As for me, I drive a 2000 Civic which is reasonably fuel

efficient (depends on how well you handle steering) and it's the smallest car I drove out of like 8-10 cars I drove in my lifetime.

[Skull]

I drive a 2002 Civic, and have a half hour commute to school from my dad's house. I get pretty good mileage but I'm not a really efficient driver plus my drive is very hilly. I want to say I get something like 27-30 mpg?

[Kimberly]

I use my legs.

 

I can't afford a car and to get a car I need to have a job. Unfortunately, because of my financial situation, most of my paycheck ends up going to bolster the family income, and rarely finds its way into my car savings, which still sits at a very sad and lonely $127.42

[Gandalf14141]

I drive a 97' F150, and I usually have to drive 15 mins to get into school

[Kaphias]

About 7 minutes each way including parking, though I only get to drive when the car ('03 Subaru Outback 6-cyl.) isn't being used by another family member.

[RpgGamer]

15 minute train ride for me. Very convenient. Trains only a 3 minute drive from my house, to boot.

 

Waiting every half hour for it to come sucks genitalia though.

[Shiny]

I bus and bike because i'm good for the world. I'm also morally opposed to driving a car with only one person in it.

[Nadril]

For the most part I walk to classes (fairly short walk) but as its getting colder I'm driving more. Next semester I'll probably just drive to classes all the time, maybe until the warmer months.

 

I drive a 2010 Hyundai Elantra.

[Saru Inc]

For the most part I walk to classes (fairly short walk) but as its getting colder I'm driving more. Next semester I'll probably just drive to classes all the time, maybe until the warmer months.

 

I drive a 2010 Hyundai Elantra.

 

 

How do you afford the payments? o.O I assume you're full time student?

 

 

What would the payments be like... $400 a month?

 

 

 

Except mine has a nice little spoiler on the back. I also have tons and tons of little"upgrades" *Non stock headlights, led's all around the inside of my car, light changing cup holders... That I never use... etc*

 

 

Anyways, I'm about 5 mins to school, and 25 to my job. On my way home I take the long way, so it tends to take me an hour to get home.

[Nadril]

How do you afford the payments? o.O I assume you're full time student?

 

Early graduation gift. (I graduate next semester).

 

I've gone without a car until this past semester. And, yes, I am really really fortunate. Parents are in a good enough position that they pretty much paid most of it off right at the start.

 

 

Seriously though I probably don't deserve it but I do know that it will last me a long, long time.

[Sbrideau]

5 minutes between my appartment and work. I live uptown in the city I live in. I have a Toyota Echo 2002, which means $35/month in fuel. It has a mileage of 279,000 KM and had 2 accidents, but still runs like a new car. I still have to put 200$ in it for the hand break and the clutch is overdue to be changed (still the original one) but I'm probably not changing it until the car can't go forward.

 

If I'm able to pay my student load by next summer, I'll be getting a brand new Mitsubishi Lancer.

[Bloodstain]

I have a Toyota Echo 2002, which means $35/month in fuel. It has a mileage of 279,000 KM and had 2 accidents, but still runs like a new car.

 

Toyotas are TANKS. Check out this Top Gear episode where they put a Toyota Hilux through god damn crazy tests (including fire, ocean, trees, wrecking balls, and demolition)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVkedyQZfwQ

 

I bus to school, 45 minutes each way. Other than that I drive (Ford Focus) or walk everywhere

[Sbrideau]

Nice. Ima watch it when I wake up. Currently 5:20 AM, almost pulled an all nighter on the xbox. Going to sleep now.

[Star.]

I walk or I bus. Whenever I need to go out far or to a new place I get one of my parents to drive.

 

I don't have a job so if I get a car [My parents will buy me a second hand one] I probably can't pay insurance.

[Racheya]

I hardly ever go anywhere in a car, I always use my legs and the bus. I take the bus to Uni. It's a 30 minute ride and the stop is less than 5 mins walk away. It is a bit of a trek but it's not too bad. I'm considering moving into accommodation next year though, which means my journey would be more like 10 mins walking.

[mcneilp]

I don't have a car at the minute, might get put on my parents insurance this winter for a while but we'll see.

I walk everywhere. 25 minute walk to work then the same back again at night.

[Azvareth]

To school I take bus, commuter train and then the subway, in that order. About 2 hours spent commuting every day. Better than last year, which amounted to nearly 3 hours every day. Back to that again next year, ugh.

[Sam]

Mostly walking and on my longboard during the summer.

[dsavi]

~10 mins biking to the bus station

35-45 minutes on the bus

7 minutes on the metro/subway

~10 minutes on a tram or ~5 minutes on a bus.

 

(Not counting the time spent waiting in between, a bit over an hour)

 

Yeah. I wouldn't do this if I didn't like the school I go to.

[obfuscator]

I'm on the bus 2 hours a day + a half hour drive mon-fri. Add another hour of bus to that if I go see my girlfriend.

[indy500fan]

Around 28 minutes to get to work, around 23 minutes to get home. Same route, just different times because of traffic.

[Range_This11]

My apartment is across the street from campus, but my walk to classes is still about 10 minutes. The History building is conveniently located on the opposite side of campus from where I live. The only time I drive my car is to go to the grocery store or to back home to Wisconsin. That's a two-hour drive when I do go, but I have a 2000 Saturn-L so it gets pretty good gas mileage. I also have a bunch of buddies that come back with me so we usually have a full boat and a few people to chip in for gas money. It's a pretty good system.

[Low C]

30 miles to school and 30 miles back home 3 days a week. I drive a 94' blazer so I only get 16-17 mpg if i'm lucky and don't drive like i normally do. I really would like a saturn car since they seem to get great millage but I'm poor and college is costing a lot along with my gaming habits such as xbox 360, ect burning up my money.

[Blake]

I have to drive about 80 miles round trip to school every day, through rush hour minneapolis traffic... In a Nissan pathfinder. 13mpg and 4 hours driving a day :(

[Hawks]

I live 4 miles from school, so on a good day it's a 5-7 minute drive, on mostly back/dirt roads. Driving a 2003 Blazer, I get like 16-18 mpg but I really don't know what it is because my gas gauge doesn't work... :roll: