I don't know about insurance, but it is priced with a formula that involves horsepower and total value of the vehicle. The thing that would deter me from such a trip is that gas is about $8.72/gallon. That's the price two years ago.
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lis...bal_gasprices/
Guess I was wrong. It's not that pricey anymore.