<VV> VV More on Oil

[Bill Elliott]

Amazing...the LAST new car I bought (and likely the last one I ever will) was a Taurus, which used a 
quart every thousand miles and which Ford said was perfectly acceptable. My Audi never used oil, but 
leaked it as a hobby. 

I've never heard of oil comsumption going DOWN after switching to synthetic, but I have heard of it 
going up.  Will be interested to hear your experience as you pile on more miles.

Bill



>My wife drives a 2000 VW Passat with a VR6 - 2.8L - 6 cyl motor.

>It was a fleet car that came off a lease at 65,000 miles.  It seems that it
>was run on regular oil for its life but always burned 3 quarts between 5000
>mile change intervals.  I have spoken to one other owner with the same motor
>and he also indicated that this 5 valve per cylinder motor has a thirst for
>oil  / 1 qt every 1,500 miles.  This compares with my Taurus and a
>previously owned Camry that used virtually no oil in 5,000 miles.