My brother-in-law gets a new company car every 2 years. The past 4 cars were all picked up in Chicago brand new, and then driven the eight hours or so west on I-94 to the Twin Cities, where he lives. Criminy, by the time the first month is gone he probably has 2000 to 3000 miles on them. None of the 4 cars has ever burned a drop of oil when turned in or sold with 60k to 70k miles on them. I can verify this because I bought 2 of them. 2 of them were Chevy's, the other 2 were Ford's. It doesn't seem to make much difference how they are driven new.