How can people afford cars?

O.k, so you could easily have done it cheaper on train, with heaps of time either side. just checking, and yes, I'm biased, and yes, a train geek.
(car hire is cheap as these days, have paid £40 a weekend before, its transumerism)

Easily is never true with the train, I like traveling long distance by train but it is never easy to make it cheaper, unless you're booking weeks in advance.