Drive car for 54.5 mile reimbursement or take flight?

[maginvizIZ]

Hello!

I'm relocating to another state, and my company offered me to either ship my car & buy me a plane ticket + up to 2 weeks car rental, or reimbursing 54.5 cents per mile.

$0.545 * 759 miles = $413.66!

759 / 30MPG * $3 per gall = $75.90 in gas expense

$337.76 - depreciation & wear and tear of my car.... It'll take 10 hours to drive...

I currently drive a 2013 Hyundai Elantra.

Pulling a random number of $.11 per mile in wear & tear/depreciation; I'd still be making $25.43 per hour


Drive or Fly?

[ditheca]

Definitely drive!  It's more comfortable, better for the environment, and financially rewarding.

Disclaimer: I work in the aviation industry.

[ketchup]

For only 759 miles, I'd definitely drive it.  Assuming logistics work out that way and you're going one-way one time anyway.

[MrSal]

My company when sending me to training used to do the same...

However, they paid 55 cents per mile and also the hours you took to get there from office and back would also count towards overtime or not.

There was one time training was 3 weeks and I did 1.5 hours each leg per day. Either that or have a rental + hotel. I chose the to drive of course. I think I made extra 3-4k in that alone... and since at the time I was paying 20 cents per gallon of gas I was barely having costs on gas - and with a honda civic at 40 mpg even better!

[ShoulderThingThatGoesUp]

That’s a drive, especially since you’re only going one way.

[I'm a red panda]

Only 10 hours? Drive for sure.

Does your company have a maximum mileage reimbursement? Ours only let's you go 300 miles before you have to fly

[Syonyk]

Drive or Fly?

Drive.  WAY less hassle.

Plus you can put the important stuff you don't want the moving company being rough with in your car.  Plants, pets, computers, artwork... whatever.

[BlueMR2]

Definitely drive.  I've seen how cars are shipped.  It's just begging for hidden damage that will come back and bite you later on...

[Roadrunner53]

I hate driving so I would let them ship it. Or sell the car and buy another one at your new destination. 10 hours driving is like a death trap on the highways!

[FIFoFum]

Another vote for drive.

If you fly and ship, you'd have to calculate the extra hassle of coordinating having your car picked up and dropped off. It's never as easy as it sounds, especially the bringing your car to you in new location part of it (not on time, they give you a window, etc.). It's also not remotely possible to coordinate that with returning your rental car, so you'd have to add in an extra trip with another driver or transit for returning that rental car.

[Syonyk]

I hate driving so I would let them ship it. Or sell the car and buy another one at your new destination. 10 hours driving is like a death trap on the highways!

OP is not moving across an ocean.

10 hours of highway driving in tolerable weather is just fine.

Transaction costs of switching cars are quite high...