I thought that was you I see driving out in the morning, I am in engineering on E shift.
I dont mean to make you jealous but it does sound alot better than that damn "Deranged Rover"
I had been looking for about a year before I bought mine and I went to Peterborough to get it, so about 200 miles round trip.
I am getting about 23mpg at the moment but this is partly due to me loving the noisy peddle, the quite roads at 6:30 and the amount of roundabouts, this does drop though if I get too excited.
Even though it will mean I haven't got the only one on the road, I say do it you definatly wont regret it as the pleasure it brings out ways the worry of fuel costs.