James Smith Carpark (Wellington)

[Dodgy_Matt]

I leave home at 6.20 and I'm at work at 6.50 using public transport. Getting home takes aout 50 minutes because of the bus timetable that isn't designed to link with the trains in any way.

Public transport from my place.. is a joke.
No bus's leave my area untill 6.45, that takes me to the train station. I get to the train station at 7.10. catch the 7.25 train. get to town at 7.50 and am at work by 8. and that is if everything is running on time...

Just as bad on the way home.

[Parlane]

Lucky mine is $35 an hour.. lol

We earn good money so we get to choose when we leave

My biggest reason for commuting myself is because I get the choice when I go, it's all about freedom.

Also it takes me less time to put on my gear than to walk to the nearest bus shelter.

[jasonu]

Hahahahahha. You're really funny. Not.

Sheesh! I wasn't trying to be funny. It is just that some of the things you said to support your argument for public transport don't add up.

[Parlane]

Sheesh! I wasn't trying to be funny. It is just that some of the things you said to support your argument for public transport don't add up.

His "4 tyre sets every 3 days" statement was about his old bike, a 750 I believe. He prob used to do mad burnouts and other fun stuff and then got caught. Hence having to use the public transportation system.

[James Deuce]

Sheesh! I wasn't trying to be funny. It is just that some of the things you said to support your argument for public transport don't add up.

I'm sorry which bits don't add up? The only bit is that you assumed that my NZ250 (which is in bits - sub-molior is latin for in bits) is one of the bikes I'd commuted on. It isn't.

It was supposed to be 1 set of tyres every 4 months. I have a cognitive deficeit from my accident in early 2010 that I have to wrork really hard on. What I see on the screen when I type is what I expect to be there. It often isn't what ends up on the screen. I keep forgeting that kicking the retarded kid is an acceptable form of entertainment.

[Parlane]

It was supposed to be 1 set of tyres every 4 months.

I believe that is what you wrote. My quote was an exaggeration.

I have a cognitive deficeit from my accident in early 2010 that I have to wrork really hard on.

I don't discriminate, so I can make fun of you the same way I make fun of anyone.

[Ocean1]

I have a cognitive deficeit from my accident in early 2010 that I have to wrork really hard on. What I see on the screen when I type is what I expect to be there. It often isn't what ends up on the screen. I keep forgeting that kicking the retarded kid is an acceptable form of entertainment.

There's a name for that? I never needed a smack around the head to be that way, it's all natural-born talent.

[riffer]

Of course, you're all mad though for working in town.

Me I work out of town. I live in Wallaceville and work in Tawa.

My commute is great - through the back of Upper Hutt (Alexander Road, Silverstream, quick lanesplit to Haywards, choice of Paremata Road or Grays Rd, and then another lane split to Tawa then a gentle cruise through Tawa to the old Tawa Junction, where there's free parking at work for at least 500 cars or bikes. I park my bike just outside the front office at work, where it sits out of the rain with the reception team keeping an eye on it.

Counting paying off the bike (I put it on the mortgage), depreciation, insurance, servicing (Valve setting, chain and sprockets, brake pads once a year, oil and filter every 3 months - I do all my own servicing except changing the tyres), tyres (2 sets a year - I get 10,000 kms out of a set of Continental RoadAttacks), petrol and insurance works out about 38 cents a km.

I'm happier than a pig in mud.

[Paul in NZ]

Looks like Brendon Motors are using it to park customers cars while they are waiting their turn to be worked on. They used to use the lot behind Zibibo's which was also a paid parking lot as well so it maybe they got turfed out of there

[Hitcher]

It's certainly being used to contain scruffy motor vehicles. I thought it may be a staff carpark of some sort. There's a space just along from the old area marked as being acceptable for "Authorised Motorcycles Only".

[Eyegasm]

I'm sorry which bits don't add up? The only bit is that you assumed that my NZ250 (which is in bits - sub-molior is latin for in bits) is one of the bikes I'd commuted on. It isn't.

It was supposed to be 1 set of tyres every 4 months.

What is so hard to believe about a set of tyres every 4 months?

I ride a 250 and that was the timeframe that my tyres were getting replaced.
or even a set every 3 months. I ripped through a set in 4 weeks in summer (although
that was about the same kms as 4 months commuting!!!)

Wainuiomata hill really destroys tyres as it has an added compound for grip that shreds rubber real quick.

and as for public transport vs bike... 1 1/2+ hours or 20 minutes on the bike.

[Paul in NZ]

It's certainly being used to contain scruffy motor vehicles. I thought it may be a staff carpark of some sort. There's a space just along from the old area marked as being acceptable for "Authorised Motorcycles Only".

Oi! I get my wof's at Brendons.... scruffy indeed..... humpf

(well used is more accurate)