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Thoughts on commuting June 23, 2010 - 10:18:08
Having joined the ranks of vehicle owners, I feel it necessary to put some further thought into just how I get around town and to the other places I want to go.

Point number one: work.  This is perhaps the most important, as I make the round trip five times a week (occasionally more).  I don't think it's necessary to drive to work, period.  It's only five blocks.  In the summer that's a ten-minute walk, and in the winter that's less time than I'd spend scraping ice off my car.  I would only drive this in a cold rain.  This mileage should be negligible.

Point number two: shopping.  I can pick up small items by going half a block out of my way on the trip home from work.  Large items do warrant a trip to Target, but this should not happen more than two or three times a month.  This should come out to 20 miles or so each month.

Point number three: recreation.  I suppose that this is how I will make primary use of my car.  Assuming two trips to Madison each month, and maybe a visit to St. Paul each month as well, I'll be putting nearly nine hundred miles on each month.

Totaled up, this equals right around one thousand miles per month, which is the EPA estimated average.  More on this once I figure out the exact fuel economy of the vehicle.
- The Russian
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