How much do you spend on petrol/diesel just going to / from work?

Prothet_of_Doom

motorguy wrote: »

one thing i have noticed is how few people car share these days.

Back in the 90s it just seemed natural to share the journey to work with others.

Nowadays it seems to be very much the exception.

Flexi Time ?

Whenever I've NEEDED a lift, I've been at the Mercy of the person giving me the lift, and if they want to stay late or go home early you are stuffed.

Ultrasonic

Prothet_of_Doom wrote: »

Flexi Time ?

Whenever I've NEEDED a lift, I've been at the Mercy of the person giving me the lift, and if they want to stay late or go home early you are stuffed.

Good point, this is exactly why I don't car share. I was supposed to finish work at 17:00 on Friday but didn't actually finish till 20:00, I can't see anyone waiting about for me to be done being too happy to wait. Not that I was pleased to be stuck at work so long myself!

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motorguy wrote: »

one thing i have noticed is how few people car share these days.

Back in the 90s it just seemed natural to share the journey to work with others.

Nowadays it seems to be very much the exception.

Prothet_of_Doom wrote: »

Flexi Time ?

Whenever I've NEEDED a lift, I've been at the Mercy of the person giving me the lift, and if they want to stay late or go home early you are stuffed.

Ultrasonic wrote: »

Good point, this is exactly why I don't car share. I was supposed to finish work at 17:00 on Friday but didn't actually finish till 20:00, I can't see anyone waiting about for me to be done being too happy to wait. Not that I was pleased to be stuck at work so long myself!

As well as flexi time, people don't tend to always go straight to and from work these days. They go and pick the kids up, go shopping, etc too. Not always possible to give lifts.

Although I give lifts home if I'm working a late shift but it is usually always only a one way affair. E.g the people I give lifts to don't have cars.

Nagme

DH commutes 90 miles a day, and a tank of diesel lasts him just over 5 commutes, so thats roughly 500 miles per tank and £360ish per month. We used to have a Chrysler 300C at 30mpg but he now drives a Citroen C4 Grand Picasso at 50mpg.

Heating costs us about £60 a month?

Richard53

motorguy wrote: »

one thing i have noticed is how few people car share these days.

The world is changing. Fewer people work Mon-Fri 9-5 than did in the 90s. Shift working, childcare arrangements, shopping before/after work, flexitime - life seems a lot busier than it did 20-30 years ago, and less structured. Far harder to find someone who shares your hours reliably.

I quite like it this way. My commuting time is definitely me-time, and I would hate to share the journey to and from work with anyone. I won't be guilt-tripped into car sharing at any price.

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Public transport is not really an option as the earliest we can get to work using the bus is 11:10 and we would have to leave at 15.50 in order to get home the same day.

Heh - you wor lucky! We used to dreeeeam of getting a bus there and back on't same day! (/4yorkshiremen)

From where I live, there is a bus into town on Tuesday mornings. I think it returns at 1 pm, but the next realistic bus home is Thursday afternoon.

Yolina

Henzo wrote: »

Some do not have the option of using public transport for work travel

Given that the price of an annual travelcard in the London area is anything between IIRC £900 to nearly £3000 depending on the zones required, I'm sure there's a number of people who would find it cheaper to use their car to commute if they could.

Moto2

-£60 ish for me

I get £120 personal fuel allowance each month but have been working from home for the last three years

alastairq

approximately £160-£180 per month.....including a 30-mile plus round trip 'commute'...without benefit of alternative public transport

[ I tell a lie there, but I would have to add over 2 hours to my daily 'work' time to use a bus...and it would cost me more than twice as much as the fuel costs....and isn't guaranteed..and if I have to do overtime, I'm stuffed]...

plus, I can do almost 80 miles a week on domestic running around....which will all depend on the needs of other family members....

However, whilst I am at work, I can utilise the work's heating....but the power bills are getting ridiculous...and it appears, the power companies do have us all over a barrel..largely due to the understandable reluctance of politicians to resolve the issue in favour of voters.

So, all I can do is, use the cooker less, maximise utilisation of my economy 7....and burn more logs.

gilbert_and_sullivan

Whatever our fuel costs, whether home heating or travel, we have to pay them.

If we want to apply for another job further away we balance the travelling costs into it, and when we buy our homes we factor in the costs to heat.

In all cases we should allow for increases in cost or decreases in salary, certainly those of us working in the private sector and living in the real world.

What does anyone expects our governments to do about world fuel prices, things are how they are, put up with it or find an alternative thats either cheaper or taxed less.

fivetide

About 300 miles a week commute and about £35 on fuel usually (bike) that would be the usual.

I'd walk less than five and look at the bus for less than 10 but the train is near £15 a day so easily priced out of the market.

Home energy is about £150 a month so i spend about the same commuting