Not when it is just a couple of miles. When I go to the gym, the local shops, the local sports center etc, it only takes 5 mins, too far to walk (20 mins) regularly, although i do whenever I can. But the engine hardly warms up so I am lucky to reach 30MPG, more often than not it is 25-28MPG. When you do that several times every few days the overall MPG plummets. On journeys of 10-15 mins the MPG is 40ish.