Hi, Steve - and congrats on your new car.
This has been discussed. Briefly, there is a recommended procedure for checking the oil - get it warm, shut it down, wait one minute, then check. This allows the majority of the oil to drain down and you get consistent readings. Most of us are doing that. The cars do burn oil - between 750 and 2000 miles per liter, on average, with significant differences between cars. There are multiple theories for this, but I am not sure of any of them. Should reduce but not to zero once fully broken in.
The one experience some have had related to the large upper-end capacity is that if you falsely diagnose a low oil level (for failing to follow the procedure above) and add oil, you will have overfilled it. The undesired side effect of this is that evidently it will blow oil out the top all over the pretty bits. So avoid overfilling!
Lastly, although I check my oil religiously so this hasn't happened to me, several members have reported that the computer's low oil warning is extremely accurate - so, if you SHOULD forget, you should still be safe. Just remember to always carry an extra liter or two in the trunk.
Cheers -
/Greg
This has been discussed. Briefly, there is a recommended procedure for checking the oil - get it warm, shut it down, wait one minute, then check. This allows the majority of the oil to drain down and you get consistent readings. Most of us are doing that. The cars do burn oil - between 750 and 2000 miles per liter, on average, with significant differences between cars. There are multiple theories for this, but I am not sure of any of them. Should reduce but not to zero once fully broken in.
The one experience some have had related to the large upper-end capacity is that if you falsely diagnose a low oil level (for failing to follow the procedure above) and add oil, you will have overfilled it. The undesired side effect of this is that evidently it will blow oil out the top all over the pretty bits. So avoid overfilling!
Lastly, although I check my oil religiously so this hasn't happened to me, several members have reported that the computer's low oil warning is extremely accurate - so, if you SHOULD forget, you should still be safe. Just remember to always carry an extra liter or two in the trunk.
Cheers -
/Greg