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I generally get 24-25 mpg. Mainly driving to work & back (6 mile each way).
Summertime it goes down to 22mpg when stuck behind vans, lorries, mopeds, old people, learners, people that can't drive & the odd tractor that needs to be on the road at 8 am.
Being stuck behind these it's a bit on/off the go pedal which kills my fuel consumption.

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Everyone else has as much right to be on the roads at 8am as you...especially tractors as the summer's quite an important time for farmers

6 miles is a lovely distance to cycle especially in the summer - I do around 5 each way and it can be as quick as driving here Oooh, and the mpg is fantastic

If mpg is a problem, get a diesel

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Everyone else has as much right to be on the roads at 8am as you...especially tractors as the summer's quite an important time for farmers

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If they pay road tax of course. Which I don't think tractors do. Also they burn agricultural diesel, which means they don't make a tax contribution there either.

I seem to recall tractors are allowed on the road for a max of 50 miles in the year to qualify for tax free status. Given the distance I've followed some tractors, they obviously only venture out 3 or 4 times a year. Or the farmer is kicking the arse out of it So it would appear they don't have as much right to be on the road at 0800 as I do.

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Of course I had to top up the oil in that 500 mile trip

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pmsl

My coupé has used very little in the last few months, of either

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The only times I've got over 25 mpg are when I've been "driving like Miss Daisy" with the other half in the car over a long journey.

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Miss Daisy can't drive I know what you mean though. My 40mpg best was a 500 mile round trip in the sleet with Miss Daisy sleeping in the passenger seat, only to awake if the needle passed 65

Does your Miss Daisy dribble in her sleep?