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Just curious because people seem to be surprised with my car search lately (I'll probably buy a new-to-us used car in about six months for my job) that I drive for my work.
I'm a behavior health professional and I plan to spend about 20 hours of my 40 hour work week visiting my consumers in their homes. Some will live in apts, homes, others in residential settings. I'll visit others in the hospital, attend staffings and on occasion probably visit some folks in jail. I'll be driving alot. We are reimbursed for mileage so its not terrible, especially if you don't mind driving.
Even at the next level up I'll drive 10-12 hours per week (I'm hoping to promote in about six months too) or if I go to the training dept its still about that because the training dept is 45 minutes each way from my house (not reimbursable lol) but I'd also be going to the different clinics (22 of them) to train people on site.
So my answer is yes. I drive alot for my job.
You?
and spinoff will be of course - what do you drive?
Right now I'm still in my 98 Ford Windstar minivan but I'm hoping for a smaller vehicle by summer.
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30 minutes (20 miles each way). In the spring I will have to do inspections so I will be going all over my region but I can take a state car if I want to-if not I get milage.
I drive about 15 miles to work and back. The only driving I would do as part of my job (other than there and back) is when I have to go to court (I'm a psychologist and occassional am called as an expert witness).
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Jonathan (3), Lauren (6), and cousin Corey
Jamestown, Kentucky
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I drive a whopping 1.5 miles to work each morning, for a total of 7 minutes drive time in the AM. lol! Sometimes the looooong ride home in the afternoon takes 10 whole minutes with the traffic.
I wouldn't have it any other way- I abhor commuting, can't manage much time in the car (which is weird really, since I love road-tripping when we are on vacation!)
I drive a 1995 toyota camry wagon named Zoe.
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Laura, mama to Abel, age 9!
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Not any more. When I was a Product Support Enginner, I drove to customer sites here in Silicon Valley on a regular basis, so it was additional 100 or so miles a week.
Now I just drive to and fro - 10 miles (which sometimes is 45minutes, CA you know) each way.
I drive Dodge Caravan 2001
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Irina,
Mom to Matt 08/87 Valerie 07/00
I drive to work about 45 minutes away and back, it is a pretty drive through the country though, no traffic jams to worry about.
Sometimes I need to go to our main office and I have to go to the bank periodically.
I drive a 2006 saturn vue.
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Adding on. Though I only have about a 15 mile commute (about 20-25 minutes as it is all city driving), I continuously fantasize about moving my office closer to home. The intersection where my gym has been developed is about 5 miles from my home. They are in the process (the intersection) of developing the land and I am hopeful that they will include professional office space. If they do, I'm moving. Probably won't be for at least a year as they are only breaking ground right now.
That would put me a very short walk to my gym (so on a day like today when I have a couple cancellations, I could go workout), 2 miles from Jonathan's daycare, and 5 miles from home. I would like that very much.
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I'm about 5 miles away on the freeway. We're a one car family right now so it's good that I'm on the way to dh's work/school.
When the weather's nicer I plan on biking more, as that's fairly easy to do.
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mama to Maxine Day(8/01) and brand new Ivan Wolfgang(6/08), partner to Jason.
I'm a doula and a Pampered Chef consultant (not at the same time )
I drive to doula interviews, client meetings for prenatal discussions, meet them at any hour day or night when in labor at their home, to hospital and home again. My clients are sometimes local and sometimes as far as 1.5hr away. Hope ~ Dream ~ Birth
For Pampered Chef I do most everything over the phone except driving to the show itself- again that's local and then upto 45mins away. Welcome To My Personal Web Site
So big variables month to month as to how much driving I do but we too just bought a car for our 'commuter' car. Dh uses it when he drives to client onsite jobs (usually he works from home, with some exceptions, he owns his own computer biz Inikus Consulting). Whomever is home with the kids needs to have the van. We have an old mini pickup that was dh's work car to drive, and is good for hauling stuff when needed. With the Toyota Corolla we just got (199? 6 I think) we technically have enough seats for the whole fam if needed but more importantly its got better gas mileage, storage space, comfort, and safety for me when going to shows and births.
Sarah
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