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How far would you travel for a gig?

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    #21
    Originally posted by Project Monkey View Post
    WTF is a zipcar and park your car on you drive/in your garage FFS!
    I'm guessing he lives in centralish London where parking is impossible. And the £1800 is the annual cost of a parking space in a local garage...
    merely at clientco for the entertainment

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      #22
      Originally posted by Project Monkey View Post
      WTF is a zipcar and park your car on you drive/in your garage FFS!
      ZipCar is a short-term rental - Car Sharing, an alternative to car rental and car ownership

      They park different cars around the world, and when you need one you just pay online / over the phone and pick it up from the parking bay and go.

      Rates start at £6 an hour, so if you only need it for a short time it works out pretty good value.
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        #23
        Originally posted by acnm View Post
        Zipcar - car club so you have access to a car when you need one.

        Don't have a drive, don't have a garage. Have underground communal parking: Cost £1800pa.
        No no no no no. You must live in some kind of bizarre parallel universe.

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          #24
          Longest 50mins - 1hr.

          Shortest (exc. WFH) 10mins

          Normally I turn down anything more that a 30 +-10min commute - lifes to short to be stuck in traffic
          Do what thou wilt

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            #25
            Originally posted by Project Monkey View Post
            No no no no no. You must live in some kind of bizarre parallel universe.
            Is this the north / south divide?

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              #26
              Shortest 8 miles. Last gig. Furthest 62 miles 1hr 10 drive. Current 52 miles. 1 hr drive 52 miles £6 toll £6 parking. Or 90 mins drive, walk, train, walk but £13 day. Train pita but hey.
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                #27
                Depends on the money on offer. London rates covers the monetary expense of living away but not the PITA factor.

                More than an hour commute each way, I'd look to stay away from home a night or two a week.

                Currently 10 min drive away from home!

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by JoJoGabor View Post
                  90 mins door to door each way every day for the last 4 years. Its not that bad
                  That's 120 days of your life sat behind the wheel!

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by Project Monkey View Post
                    No no no no no. You must live in some kind of bizarre parallel universe.
                    He lives in the real world.
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                      #30
                      Longest was Edinburgh to Luxembourg via Amsterdam for a 3-day gig at a bank. Could hardly see for the $$ in my eyes

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