{"id":6334,"date":"2016-10-29T03:39:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T03:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=6334"},"modified":"2016-10-29T03:39:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T03:39:25","slug":"technology-my-car-im-driving-way-less-than-i-used-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/10\/29\/technology-my-car-im-driving-way-less-than-i-used-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology \/ My Car: I&#8217;m driving way less than I used to"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3910,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/30560382585&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104062339\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/30560382585&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 08:42:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-26 00:58:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-30 23:08:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-18 20:14:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 13:09:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-14 00:11:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-14 00:11:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3911,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/30560382675&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104062324\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/30560382675&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3912,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/30560382775&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104062439\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/30560382775&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3913,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/30560383125&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104062420\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/30560383125&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-18 20:14:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-18 20:14:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I was looking at my Automatic Dashboard the other day. I\u2019ve been trying to drive much less the past few months to save money and wear \/ tear on my Golf R. You can see it in these graphs!<\/p>\n<p>Time Spent Driving Per Month:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View '2 Years of Automatic V2 Adapter' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/30560382585\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2 Years of Automatic V2 Adapter\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"96\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5569\/30560382585_a3efa014ae_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hours Per Month:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View '2 Years of Automatic V2 Adapter' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/30560382675\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2 Years of Automatic V2 Adapter\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"123\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5688\/30560382675_c7eb40e17a_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fuel Costs per Month:<br \/><a title=\"View '2 Years of Automatic V2 Adapter' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/30560382775\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2 Years of Automatic V2 Adapter\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"116\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5638\/30560382775_e761a5f202_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>April was big due to Wookies in the Woods but honestly, since February, I\u2019ve driven my car half of what I did the previous 2 years. Pretty good! I still drove 20K miles this year on my Golf R<\/p>\n<p>So, I have been trying really hard to not drive much. As Heather knows, we\u2019ve been relying on her car much more this year. Since April, I\u2019ve taken zero road trips except my June trip up to Montreal for Eurokracy and my few drag-race days. I still drive a lot and 1200 miles a month was absurd.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I thought it would be fun to see how much I have driven and where since getting my car:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View '2 Years of Automatic V2 Adapter' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/30560383125\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2 Years of Automatic V2 Adapter\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"429\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5628\/30560383125_c4eeb009ab_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amazing. I just booked my hotel for Wookies in The Woods again for April. I\u2019ll be repeating that trip again! Stoked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I was looking at my Automatic Dashboard the other day. I\u2019ve been trying to drive much less the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-10-29T03:39:29Z","apple_news_api_id":"ccf15628-b8b1-4dd7-be97-40399571ce84","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-10-29T03:39:29Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AzPFWKLixTde-l0A5lXHOhA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[145,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-my-car","7":"category-technology","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Ea","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6180,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/09\/02\/automatic-pro-the-future-of-automatic-is-wireless\/","url_meta":{"origin":6334,"position":0},"title":"Automatic Pro: The Future of Automatic is Wireless","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"September 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"There\u2019s a new Automatic in town and I guess you could call this one 3.0 or Gen-3? 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