Oppo Challenge: Longest Commute

"Captain of the Enterprise" (justanotherdayinparadise)
08/05/2015 at 11:13 • Filed to: Commuting

Pretty simple do you think you have the longest commute?

Rules: Must be your current commute and include the both ways. Should use google maps to get the time without traffic.

For example for me it’s 56 minutes. (With traffic about an 1.5 hours)

and 34 miles.

DISCUSSION (38)

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:16

No, I don’t.

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:21

I think mine is right around 10 minutes, I feel spoiled.

Party-vi > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:21

Today and tomorrow I’m commuting from Halethorpe, MD to Patuxent River NAS. Total trip is 177 miles, 4 hours.

ETA: My “normal” commute is 77.6 miles and 1:40.

functionoverfashion > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:23

Loser of this contest: Doug DeMuro.

Also, me: I only go about 18 miles round trip, and that’s only if I drop off the kids. Closer to 5 round trip if I go straight to and from work.

Takuro Spirit > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:23

Round trip 5-6 days a week 64 miles about an hour and fifteen of my life wasted behind the wheel of a Camry.

Longer when there’s traffic or SNOW.

BigBlock440 > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:23

8 minutes round trip, about 1 mile each way. Used to be 80 miles round trip, 1.5 hours, but I moved. I do not have the longest commute.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:23

No. My commute is 3.7 miles. Depending on four lights it can take anywhere from 6-12 minutes. A back route is slightly longer and more consistent at roughly 12 minutes each time.

Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:24

12 mi each way. 20 min on a Sunday morning, 40 minutes during the week. So my round trip is 25 miles and over an hour.

*edit*

I was wrong...

Round trip is 16 miles and between an hour and an hour and a half.

Kinja'd!!!

Autophile412 - what's the world got in store? > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:24

Am I eligible as an outside sales rep? I drive about 3000 miles per month for my job. It technically isn’t a commute because I am not going to the same place everyday but ...

EL_ULY > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:26

22.4 miles to work and it takes me a little over an hour each way (because normal heavy traffic) so....

44.8 miles and 2.2 hours DAILY

CalzoneGolem > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:28

43 minutes 28.7 miles one way.

Unless I need to drop off or pick up my son from daycare then it is : 56 minutes 38 miles one way.

jvirgs drives a Subaru > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:31

Mine is 1 mile, <5 min.

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:31

2.3 miles, 7 minutes. High school ftw.

HammerheadFistpunch > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:33

I have a relatively long commute for a westerner at 30-40 minutes. 35 miles a day.

Funktheduck > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:34

60 miles one way.

120 miles, minimum 2 hours.

It took me 3 hours to get home one Friday because traffic was so bad.

It took me 1.5 hours to get home during snowpacalypse when other people were stuck in their cars for 12+ hours.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:35

I’m going to break the rules! This isn’t my current commute, but it was my longest and is one of the reasons I am more selective about where I live.

156 miles (75.5 each way), 2hrs:38min (1:19 each way).

At the same time, my wife was traveling 70 miles a day and she spent roughly 2hrs:30min on her commute. She was going with traffic, I was going against the flow.

BeaterGT > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
08/05/2015 at 11:40

I think we should have a shortest commute thread! My commute is 4.1 miles, usually takes 8-10 minutes but my record is 6. Slight variation to the route but the main drag is the same everyday

For Sweden > Party-vi
08/05/2015 at 11:46

Damn swabbies ruining everything.

BrtStlnd > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 11:49

31.7 miles each way. With traffic it’s the better part of an hour.

BrtStlnd > Funktheduck
08/05/2015 at 11:49

Good Lord, do you live in Atlanta?

Captain of the Enterprise > BeaterGT
08/05/2015 at 11:53

I was going to do that tomorrow.

Party-vi > For Sweden
08/05/2015 at 11:59

Swabbies are cool. It’s Civil Engineering and the end user that ruin everything.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Autophile412 - what's the world got in store?
08/05/2015 at 12:03

Next we’ll have a trucker post from his rig somewhere on westbound I-40.

“Yeah, well I put in 2,400 miles a week and my co-driver does the same. We are on the road 16 hours a day for an average of 4,800 miles per week. So, does that count?”

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 12:40

Like 15-20 minutes and I think 8 miles?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 13:00

I know I dont. My commute to work is 9.5 miles one way and usually takes me 15-20 minutes to complete

for Michigan > BeaterGT
08/05/2015 at 13:13

My commute is 4 minutes over 2 miles one way without traffic for a round trip of 8 minutes over 4 miles.

BeaterGT > for Michigan
08/05/2015 at 13:43

What’s your daily?

for Michigan > BeaterGT
08/05/2015 at 13:47

Daily driver? 98 Civic EX Coupe 5-speed.

I’m a delivery driver, so I put ~400 miles/week on it. But barely any of that is to and from work.

BeaterGT > for Michigan
08/05/2015 at 13:51

Sounds like the perfect car to have then!

for Michigan > BeaterGT
08/05/2015 at 14:09

As much as enjoy driving stick, I’d rather have an automatic for this job. Forty hours of city driving a week makes for a stiff, aching left knee.

And FWD is awful in the snow.

Considering that, I’m currently looking for an old auto Impreza as a potential replacement daily beater.

BeaterGT > for Michigan
08/05/2015 at 14:14

I’ll just sell you my LGT bro. Oh wait, it’s not auto. Stick with the Impreza idea. Outback Impreza!

for Michigan > BeaterGT
08/05/2015 at 14:18

Yeah, I’m thinking a bugeye Outback Sport will fit my needs perfectly.

Funktheduck > BrtStlnd
08/05/2015 at 14:37

Yup. I’m fortunate because I go against traffic except for a bit of 285.

I was making plans to stay with a friend during snowpacalypse but decided to risk it. Made it home carefully but no problem. Lots of people spun out on the road. I made it with about 30-45 minutes to spare because that's when the hill near my exit froze over and tractor trailers blocked it when they got stuck.

ranwhenparked > Captain of the Enterprise
08/05/2015 at 23:29

Ordinarily, I’m only about 8 miles from my office, so it’s about 20 minutes. But, I cover the entire Delmarva peninsula, so for meetings and whatnot, it can be a decent drive. Especially down to the Virginia part - can be 4 hours or so one way.

Brian, The Life of > Captain of the Enterprise
08/06/2015 at 14:20

I missed this! Mine is 123 miles, round trip. What would I have won?

Kinja'd!!!

Captain of the Enterprise > Brian, The Life of
08/06/2015 at 14:21

We play for pride and glory!

Brian, The Life of > Captain of the Enterprise
08/06/2015 at 14:25

My commute is far from glorious. Although I am proud of our Marines and my commute takes me right through their stompin’ grounds (Pendleton) ;)

Ike > Captain of the Enterprise
08/06/2015 at 14:25

My old commute was from Naperville il to normal il, did so for about 6 months

101.1 miles door to door 202.2 round trip