Drove the car off the lot w/ 43mi on the odo. It used about a quart by 1500mi, changed oil to Mobil 1 (non-synthetic) 5W-30 and ran that for 2000 miles. It used 1/2 quart. Ran Castrol GTX 5W-30 for 4000 miles with 1/2 qt oil usage. Changed to Castrol Syntec 0W-30 about 100 miles ago and will repost oil usage after I accumulate more miles.
Break-in...I have driven it like an ******* since day 1. An immediate 350mi highway trip, frequent redline. Pretty much broke every rule in the book WELL before the 1200mi recommendation. I get 28mpg with gentle city driving and so far, have very acceptable oil usage.
The 2007 Altima 3.5SE I came from used 1 1/2 quarts of oil during the first 1500 miles. After that, oil usage dropped to NONE during the 5000 mile oil change intervals for the remainder of the 40,000 miles I owned the car.
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