To Fly Or To Drive: That Is The Question

As I’m sitting in the airport last weekend in crowded lines and expensive air fares, I questioned myself whether it is easier to fly or drive now. I’m flying a total of 1,400 miles from California to Arizona. The price of the ticket was $383.92 round trip. I spent about five hours between security and the flight. Was it worth the $383 for the ticket that took half the time as a ride along the coast?

If I had taken a car it would have taken me around 10 hours or so to get there. If I took a 2006 Honda Civic which gets around 35 mpg and gas being around $3.25 a gallon. I figure it would cost around $130. But let’s say I had a few things I had to pick up so I wanted to take a truck. I would want good gas mileage and a good truck to take would be a Toyota Tacoma. These trucks get around 25 mpg. Round trip this truck would cost me $180 in gas. Now lets say I decided I wanted to go with a little style and decided to take a Cadillac Escalade. This vehicle gets about 18 mpg on the highway. The total cost of this trip in gas would be around $252. If I brought a person with me and split gas it would cost me half. As opposed to bringing someone with you on an airline and you end up paying double.

After thinking everything over and calculating it out I would rather spend double the time, enjoy the drive and pay less than half of what an airline would cost me.