[Noddy]

Thanks very much for the welcome, and the replies. Yes it is OBDII (checked for the port under the steering wheel) and a ScanGauge is on the cards. I have yet to clear this expenditure through the CFO, however. I like the idea of the MPGuino but I am totally scared by the installation process - I would need to ask someone who knew what they were doing to install it.

This car is a K11 model - the "noddy car" variant hence my username. This particular car is a very basic model and lacks a rev counter so some real-time instrumentation would be very welcome. At present I drive it in socks to drive by feel, and try to listen to the engine note to get the most efficient speeds. I use the highest gear I can get away with - on level ground I can drive in 5th gear at 30mph.

Another deletion I am considering is the car radio - it's not much use anyway and I only listen to it for the news now. And it is a radio cassette player...

I will post pictures as soon as I get to 5 posts (just tried to post some but I'm still too new here).

EDIT: I should say that I do not have a mechanical background, though I seem to have developed an interest thanks to watching all those motoring programmes on the Discovery channel.