I just took my car in to the dealer this past Thursday for it's first oil change at a bit over 5,200 miles. The funny thing is that when I got to the dealer and turned off the engine the yellow oil light came on indicating I needed to top off the oil. Is that timing or what? The tech said I was about 1 quart low. Seemed okay to me since I followed the break-in period to the "T", and have driven fairly hard since. Those back roads aren't there to be left alone, right?
I think 1 quart after 5,000 or more miles on a new engine is within my tolerances. We'll see what happens over the next 5,000 miles. Stay tuned....
Mike