Can contend with that, I have some awesome B roads to work every day 30 min drive for most 15 in the VR and i mean thrashing it at 5:30 am and she is doing 25mpg. If I have my wife and kids in the car fully loaded on a long journey shes running between 30mpg and 33mpg. I am no mechanic but you seem to know a bit, but there is a thread ere about cleaning the cam sensor in the tech downloads. I did this and noticed a severe improvement in the way my car ran. The bloke who owned my vr before me didnt even replace the oil and he used it as a fast dog limmo but shes sorted now. These astras