coach vs motels

[Dorn Hetzel]

Actually I've been getting a good solid 9.8 to 10.0 mpg so far

Dorn Hetzel
77FC35
Hogansville, GA

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Ryan Wright <"ryanpwright@gmail.com"> wrote:

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Dorn Hetzel <"dhetzel%40gmail.com"> wrote:

>

> Hmm, with my wife and four kids there aren't a lot of places I can buy six

> airplane tickets to for the cost of driving there in my bird

Well, I don't have four kids. Everyone's situation is different.



Still, if you were flying cross country - from my location in

Washington State, to get to Disney World, United is $285/person round

trip. So, $1710 worth of airfare. Driving would be 2,925 miles

according to Google Maps. My PT-40 gets 5mpg on a good day, but I'll

bet your FC gets 8, so we'll use 8. So you'll eat 366 gallons of fuel.

At $4/gal that's $1,464 each way ($2928 round trip), plus meals for a

week's worth of driving, campgrounds (if you use them), etc. Lodging

wise, you'd spend $75/night to park the coach in a campground near the

resort, or $200 night for your average hotel. On a 7 day stay the

hotel will cost you an extra $875 vs. your coach - still not enough to

make up for the fuel.



So, even your 6 member family would still be ahead, financially

speaking, to fly, given a cross-country vacation. Still, I'd much

rather spend the extra money and take the coach.

-Ryan

'86 PT-40 8V92