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Cost of commuting from Gorey to Leopardstown?

  • 18-05-2014 6:33pm
    #1
    Keelin14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭


    Hi,

    I am wondering does anybody know the cost of petrol from traveling from gorey to leopardstown 5 days a week??

    It takes roughly an hour to travel but I'm just trying to work out the cost to see if it would be worth my while to commute or not

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Keelin14 wrote: »
    Hi,

    I am wondering does anybody know the cost of petrol from traveling from gorey to leopardstown 5 days a week??

    It takes roughly an hour to travel but I'm just trying to work out the cost to see if it would be worth my while to commute or not

    Thanks

    That's like asking how long is a piece of string tbh, depends on the car, engine size, what sort of driving you are going to be doing.

    Work out the mpg for the journey and then you can price it against the cost of fuel


  • #3
    Gmol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,281 ✭✭✭Gmol


    If you put it into the journey planner on the aaroadwatch site it will tell you the cost.
    Would be worth trying to carshare.


  • #4
    maggiepip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,099 ✭✭✭maggiepip


    In our car (toyota corolla)that trip would cost about 17 euro there and back so about 85 euro a week.


  • #5
    Stheno
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    Gmol wrote: »
    If you put it into the journey planner on the aaroadwatch site it will tell you the cost.
    Would be worth trying to carshare.

    I find that cost on the aa site very generic and doesn't take into account factors that can affect the journey.

    E.g it will tell me a trip to Belfast will be 25 euro, not considering that in the morning, I'll spend an hour moving at about 5pmh on the last ten miles, and eating fuel


  • #6
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,263 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    moved from work/jobs


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  • #7
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,865 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Make an allowance for additional servicing and tyres too, they mount up pretty quickly.

    Realistically on an average car for that mileage you're talking about a service every 3-4 months, tyres twice a year.


  • #8
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    About a tenner in petrol
    http://www.viamichelin.com/


  • #9
    Jesus.
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,794 ✭✭✭Jesus.


    How many miles is that? Jaysus I'd say it'd be more than a tenner Biko


  • #10
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    biko wrote: »
    About a tenner in petrol
    http://www.viamichelin.com/

    I know someone who did Gorey to the airport every day, cost them 100e in petrol, plus tolls.

    They eventually switched to the Wexford bus, but I don't think that goes through leopardstown.

    That said, it stops in D.2 not far from the Luas, so OP you could take that bus, then luas to leopardstown


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