Come drive me to the moon and back

[entwisi]

Its 232 thousand miles on average to the moon and I've worked out that having driven to knutsford for 10 years now at an average of 34K a year and averaged about 15K a year for the 9 years I drove before that I've covered a return trip to the moon

Also at todays prices and based on about 40mpg(less for teh 9 years, more for the last 10) the cost of fuel alone is over £60,000!


so how far have you 'travelled' in your lifetimes?

[lancsdave]

My current commute feels more like hell and back than the moon

[Neil]

My car is getting close to travelling that distance on its own (well I suspect someone has always been driving it, maybe not always awake though). It is well over 191,000 now

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by entwisi

Its 232 thousand miles on average to the moon and I've worked out that having driven to knutsford for 10 years now at an average of 34K a year and averaged about 15K a year for the 9 years I drove before that I've covered a return trip to the moon

Also at todays prices and based on about 40mpg(less for teh 9 years, more for the last 10) the cost of fuel alone is over £60,000!


so how far have you 'travelled' in your lifetimes?

I used to drive conected with my work but don't think I drove that far entwisi, although I lost count of the number of times I flew up and down the motorway covering every part of England, Scotland and Wales, but unfortunately I haven't been behind a wheel of a car for a few years now, I have to really on Hyndburn Cars these days

[entwisi]

Originally Posted by Neil

My car is getting close to travelling that distance on its own (well I suspect someone has always been driving it, maybe not always awake though). It is well over 191,000 now

Heh, I'm at 200K in the Volvo its surprising how well its hanging together

[Less]

I used to do over 300 miles a day as a service engineer and hardly ever left Lancashire, for some reason if I was in the South of Manchester, (I don't call it Greater Manchester, it's still part of Lancashire to me), my next call would be say Colne and just as I arrived in Colne my next call would be less than two miles from the job I had just left in Manchester.

This is how the day would go on and the miles spent on the local motorways soon mounted up.

[Benipete]

QUOTE:so how far have you 'travelled' in your lifetimes?

Flown to Benidorm 140 times - So thats 280 flights - Plus been to Italy-Holland and Belgium.I'll let you work it out.

[cashman]

well over 300.000 miles but too lazy to even begin to work it out.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Less

I used to do over 300 miles a day as a service engineer and hardly ever left Lancashire, for some reason if I was in the South of Manchester, (I don't call it Greater Manchester, it's still part of Lancashire to me), my next call would be say Colne and just as I arrived in Colne my next call would be less than two miles from the job I had just left in Manchester.

This is how the day would go on and the miles spent on the local motorways soon mounted up.

Sounds like your firm was very well organised Less

[Eric]

It's amazing you guys can put on that kind of milage in that tiny little island of yours.

[yerself]

Originally Posted by entwisi

Its 232 thousand miles on average to the moon

Which moon's this then? it's nearer 239,000 miles to our moon (the one made of green cheese). You're only an amateur yet, I've been driving for 32 years for 10 yrs I did around 60,000 a year (600,000), changed job and for the next nine yrs did 30,000 a year (270,000) and the other 13 years averaged roughly 14,000 (182,000). That's over a million miles. Two return trips and on my way back for a third visit.

[banjoman]

Is that all ? I`m stood on the Earth which is 93 million miles from the Sun. So thats about 550 million miles a year it takes to go round the sun, and I`m 36 so thats.....

21000 MILLION MILES....wish I got air miles

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by banjoman

Is that all ? I`m stood on the Earth which is 93 million miles from the Sun. So thats about 550 million miles a year it takes to go round the sun, and I`m 36 so thats.....

21000 MILLION MILES....wish I got air miles

You forgot to add the earth is spinning at 1 rev per day, thats a 1000 miles an hour just stood there, and then the galaxy we are part of is also on the move.

Retlaw.

[Less]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Sounds like your firm was very well organised Less

We were on call to repair electronic equipment, nobody could predict who or when something would break down, we just had to attend as soon as possible, so I think actually they were.

[WillowTheWhisp]

I think Busman has probably travelled to Pluto at least.