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Old Sep 14, 2013 | 02:24 PM
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Im a construction inspector so depending on the site 1 mile to 150 miles but I get paid when I step out the door of my house into my company truck so I dont mind it too much. Sitting in traffic gets old but I've learned to just space out while I'm in it and listen to music.
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Old Sep 14, 2013 | 02:48 PM
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75 miles round trip every day...2 tolls there and 2 tolls back. 1.35 per toll. did the math and im between 350 and 400$ per month just to drive back and forth to work.

I need to move closer to work.
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Old Sep 14, 2013 | 05:18 PM
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Dang, they don't have some sort of yearly or montly toll pass?
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Old Sep 14, 2013 | 07:22 PM
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Google says I am 2 Miles away at about 6 min. About 1/2 of that is cutting through the Neighborhood... 6 Stop Signs and 2 Signal lights.


Nothing Beats the 7:45AM call from my boss asking if I am almost to work cause he needs me to do something...
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Old Sep 14, 2013 | 09:19 PM
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8 miles one way. Takes 10 minutes on average. Changing jobs soon, it'll add 5-10 minutes to my drive.
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Old Sep 14, 2013 | 09:25 PM
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sounds like some of you guys got some major drives to work!
and some lucky being super close!
what time does everyone usually gotta be out the door by?
I'll probly have to leave by 7:30 at the latest but thats pretty standard for auto shops
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Old Sep 14, 2013 | 09:28 PM
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ya I cant see your commute from your area being to bad at all! do you go out on the ring road just to cruise a bit and get it to temp? or just take country hills there? once I'm all settled in at the new shop you gonna come down and do a few pulls on the mustang dyno to compare to toma's dyno? I'm gonna do a comparison for mine cause i'm curious, i'll do a 5th pull to compare to toma's then i'll do a 4th pull like everyone else on here
I take the new off ramp at 96th onto Deerfoot. It's really slick from my place. And yes, I'd so like to run this thing on a Mustang. Let me know when.
Sounds like a cool new job you have there.
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Old Sep 14, 2013 | 10:05 PM
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I have to be out the door by 6:15, open up the shop at 7.
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Old Sep 14, 2013 | 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by AUTOT3K
sounds like some of you guys got some major drives to work!
and some lucky being super close!
what time does everyone usually gotta be out the door by?
I'll probly have to leave by 7:30 at the latest but thats pretty standard for auto shops
I'm out the door by 0515, it's stupid haha I got to be early to being early.. It was worse when I lived in Kansas and drove about 30-40 mins one way, had to be up at 0400 and out the door by 0430.
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Old Sep 14, 2013 | 11:05 PM
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Used to be 72 miles each way, so 144 miles 6 days a week (company truck, company fuel) but now i'm sittin at 10 minutes each way, it's much nicer being able to sleep in haha
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