Driving to codemash

January 9, 2008

again this year.  Leaving this afternoon.  It’s about a 9 hour drive, and I think I miscalculated a bit this year.  I was comparing flying to driving.  I’d initially estimated fuel cost at around $100.  I think it’s going to be more like $190 or so.  Flying would have been $240, but then there’s a car rental and some extra fuel for a few days, so it would’ve been more like $350 probably, but it’s not as much of a slam dunk decision as I thought it would be at first.  Oh well.  Depends on what car I take tho too.  I want to take my Sebring, which gets ~30mpg.  My wife wants me to take her PT Cruiser, which only gets around 25mpg,  ($190 estimate based on PT).  So I can save 20% on fuel by taking the Sebring, but that means convincing my wife – not an easy task all the time.

Side note: she’s sick as well (got my cold last week) but WILL NOT go to the doctor’s office.  How do you force a spouse to do something for their own good???

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