How do you make a long car commute nicer?

ManuelG

Rain_Shadow wrote: »

I always listen to R4 in the car. My normal commute is only 8 minutes (5 miles) though.

My commute's only 8-9 miles... but can take 50 minutes on a bad day!

onomatopoeia99

SailorSam wrote: »

Isn't it funny that everyone is listening to the Bbc, and yet whenever we've had a thread on here discussing licence fees, loads of people begrudge paying for them.

I don't begrudge a penny!

jozxyqk

I try to get the average mpg as high as possible, takes my mind off the fact I'm driving a long way.

gilbert_and_sullivan

Leaving early enough and then a bit earlier , never travelling on a Friday afternoon when the lemmings come out to drive like their back sides are on fire and crash into each other with boring regularity.

Clean windows inside and out before leaving, car vacuumed so it smells fresh, auto gearbox a must.

Take your time, there is nothing more tiring/stressing than pushing or being pushed.

Plenty of drinks along the way, depending on time of travel knowing where to stop to get a proper bacon'n'egg buttie with lashings of Daddies sauce and a big steaming mug of real tea, being careful to avoid motorway service area hell as much as possible.

Plan your own route, satnav has its uses as a pocket sized street atlas but should never be used to plan a route, if there are hold ups use your loaf and think laterally for diversions, the satnav hordes will only go the alternatives that satnav tells them, so those alts will be jammed too.

For music i'll have anything from Phantom to my old Alice Cooper albums playing.

Never listen to or watch anything from the state broadcaster, being forced to pay annually for the propaganda broadcast of the day isn't for me ta, but each to their own.

forgotmyname

A bland looking car with a bit more power than people expect and drive it like your leaving a closed bank with a load of lolly in the boot?

MataNui

Maths.
I look at those road signs that say 'x miles to the next junction' etc. Then look at my speed and work out how long it will take. If i slow down or speed up because of traffic i recalculate. when i see another road sign i recalculate and see how accurate i am.

I know its pathetic. I just like to keep my brain busy, particularly on motorways.

Tigsteroonie

Cruise control. Soft drinks available to stay hydrated. Sweets. Someone reading occasional snippets from the newspaper. Absolute 80s on DAB. Pleasant breaks - we discovered the Gloucester Services this trip.

And a goal to the journey, be travelling somewhere you really want to go.

Scrub that, I've just read that this is a commute. Work is never somewhere you really want to go!!

19lottie82

Audiobooks, definitely. I signed up to audible and you can get a book a month for £7 or thereabouts.

Marvel1

Kiss 101 on the radio
Everything out of my pockets
3 quarters and a t-shirt

Head_The_Ball

Cocaine.

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