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I too would agree that anything over 1/4 quart of oil in 5,000 miles is excessive, let alone damaging to the engine if it is losing 1 quart of oil or more per oil change considering the capacity is only 4.4 qts. The manufacturers can say that 1 quart of oil burning every 1,000 miles is normal, but come on, get real people. If that happens at that rate on any newer car, I wouldn't fill the oil capacity and wait until the first 5K oil change and take it into the dealer and show them I have about 1 quart of oil in the crankcase and see what they say. You can bet the dealer would replace or buy back my new vehicle for every dime I paid for it no questions asked and wouldn't leave that dealership until I got that result. I'll be keeping a close eye on the oil level since I only have 350 miles on my new 09 corolla LE.