Originally Posted by Saabist
Stories like this sound pretty appalling. I'm driving a 23-year-old car with over 350,000 miles which uses less than 1/2 quart in 5000 miles, and most of that is from minor oil drips rather than burning. (Hey the engine started out as a British design, they like to mark their territory.) A low-mileage car just a few years old with the kind of oil consumption reported here is just mind-boggling.
Yeah, but all that burning oil keeps the muffler bearings lubricated.