I had a 1.8se in mine, auto as well It went ok but mpg on a run at 60-70mph (due to road noise) was around 35mpg Around town it was still pretty good for an auto about 25mpg I mine threw a rod so I fitted a 1.8 out of a belmont sri and kept it auto, then a year later a 130engineand box came up so I converted it to manual And then it was crap on fuel but great fun, then I sold it and bought a bright yellow cab with cally kit and a strong xe fitted with a wr That bugger did 40+mpg on a run and was loads faster and did a 16.00sec 1/4 and was 169bhp bog standard apart from exhaust, power cap and filter. I miss that car