On the way home from work on Friday, I gave my 1.8 a bit of welly and made full use of the rev range. The 23 miles home (mostly on the A406) flew by and the sound and pace of the engine was fantastic. The avg. MPG was 37.1, not bad considering how heavy footed I was.
Today, on the way to work I drove at a gentle pace, with economy in mind and managed 46.5 MPG! Not bad for a petrol
The petrol v desiel agument will run for years, but I'm glad I went for the petrol. I get to have perfomance or economy, depending how I feel and lower running costs over the 3 years I plan to have the car (i.e less brake pads and tyres). At the mileage I do, it would take at least 5 years to cecoup the extra cost of the desiel engine.