Venting about my morning Drive
10-26-2004, 07:17 AM
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My Ride: 2005 545i SMG. Titanium Grey with Grey interior and Anthracite wood.
I know I shouldn't complain, since my industry requires a lot of driving, but I am fed up with the traffic in LA.
My new project is located 72 miles from my home and I can't seem to find a route faster than 1-1/2 hours. I leave at 5:30 every day and I am spending over 3 hours a day in the car. At least my company is understanding and knows that this is part of the job, and I have a company truck which they pay for the gas and maintance.
I guess now looking back at the situation, I should be grateful for the "Me" time I get every day.
Oh well, I guess it is life and I have to live with it. To bad my company won't pick up the cost for me to drive my 545i everyday.
My new project is located 72 miles from my home and I can't seem to find a route faster than 1-1/2 hours. I leave at 5:30 every day and I am spending over 3 hours a day in the car. At least my company is understanding and knows that this is part of the job, and I have a company truck which they pay for the gas and maintance.
I guess now looking back at the situation, I should be grateful for the "Me" time I get every day.
Oh well, I guess it is life and I have to live with it. To bad my company won't pick up the cost for me to drive my 545i everyday.
10-26-2004, 07:37 AM
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My Ride: [i][b][u]Since 19 august 2004[/u][/b][/i]: [color=red][b]530i[/b] High Executive[/color], Silvergray with beige interior, Popular wood, Servotronic, Sportssuspension, electric foldable and dimmed mirrors, dimmed interior mirror, pappelmaser braun wood, cupholders, styling 123 18" wheels, Logic 7, Steptronic, alarm class 3, electric sunscreen in the rear and suncreens for sidewindows, Comfort seats, heated seats, Xenon with headlightwashers, Adaptive corner lights ALC, Advanced airconditioning, lightpackage, Nav Pro, 6 cd changer, side airbags rearseats, bluetooth siemens S55, chrome kidneys, gearlever with wood, voice recognition retrofit, front windshield with green band.
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That's a pitty.. I spend 3 hours a day in my car visiting various customers and I don't mind spending the time in my 530i.. but a company truck is different for sure..
10-26-2004, 07:44 AM
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Along similar lines, I love driving my car, as long as it is open road. It's when you get into rush hour traffic that I get frustrated. In bumper-to-bumper traffic, I don't care what I'm driving, I hate it. With two small kids, I'd rather spend that 3 hrs a day at home with them than commuting. That's one of the benefits of living in a smaller city like New Orleans, my daily commute is 10 minutes each way.
10-26-2004, 07:47 AM
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My Ride: 2005 545i SMG. Titanium Grey with Grey interior and Anthracite wood.
My company truck is a 2001 Ford F150 with a rack on it. Really light in the rear and not a good truck in rain. With all the rain in LA the last two weeks the tail end really slips out when in stop and go traffic. I wouldn't mind the drive if I was able to drive and not stop and go.
10-26-2004, 08:07 AM
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I can understand. I spent about a month in LA, and early morning with no traffic, or my motorcycle/HOV lane/lane splitting would be about 15 minutes. In traffic with my truck, it took 55 minutes. 
10-26-2004, 09:24 PM
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bmwin14rsm, have you talked to your company and asked what if you use your e60 as a company car? they keep the f150 but pay whatever they have to pay on the f150 and give that amount to you every month. this way you pay less on your car and will enjoy the 3 hours driving evey day 
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