After making a conscious effort to switch the Mini into its most economical ‘green’ driving mode on every journey, I can happily report that I am starting to see results.

As a rule of thumb, we reckon 75% of the official combined economy figure is a good target. The Mini’s official figure is 78.5mpg, so 58.8mpg is the magic number.

After seeing lows of 41mpg, I’m now up to 53mpg. That result came from some motorway and winding country road journeys out to a B&B in Wiltshire for the recent Bank Holiday weekend. More needs to be done to get closer to 58.8mpg, and I hope it’s possible, although the majority of commutes involve the drudgery of London traffic.