Done a few calculations from old fuel receipts and recent noted mileages
Better than i expected

47.7mpg average

considering the mix of driving i do that's very decent, chuck in a few longer runs i recon i could get into the mid to high 50's, if i was really trying to be economical maybe even just creep into the very low 60's in no more. Mid 50's more likley though
I'm interested to see what the vec gives. My cali had the same engine albeit in a lighter and more slipstreamed car, but i was managing low 30's round town and very high 40's on longer runs
Very, very surprised about the 1.8 bravo's mpg. Having had the same basic engine i know what fuel consumption is like on it. The variator version i had is naturaly slightly more thirsty that the non vari one, but only by a couple of mpg tops.