mikewood01

I didn't check the average mph on that particular journey, but it was a dual carriageway and motorway trip so I'm guessing between 65 and 70. I did a brim to brim recently and it was 67mpg. But that included a bunch of local trips.

I agree. Diesel is far more efficient. I can get 800 miles out of a tank. So no range anxiety there. I had an LPG conversion a few years ago, and it was a pain to be constantly looking for lpg stations. I know we'll all be electric eventually, but until the infrastructure is everywhere, and your car can be 'refuelled' in a few minutes, it's just not like for like.

Yeah forgot to mention , It's an auto box

There are many things with the MK4 I dislike, but the one thing that regularly impresses me is the mpg. Ok, I probably drive like an old man, but I can easily get 55-60mpg. Today on a 200 mile trip up the A30 & M5.. 83.6mpg! It's become a bit of a thing now, to beat my record each time! (2 litre diesel)

Yes we've had exactly that. in fact it happened the day we picked it up from the dealer 2 weeks ago, after having driven less than a mile, so we went straight back and they spent 60 mins in the workshop with it to "reset things". it's been ok on a couple of short trips since then, but popped up again today. stopping the car few a couple of minutes and restarting it, seemed to clear the error. We'll see how we get on over the next few days..