Have her now going on 9 months and only 7000 km up. Mainly city driving..10km trips at a time. Rarely push the engine or rev it. Took a half litre of castrol 5w30 at 1500km, and now at 7000km the dipstick reads about halfway between min and max. Need a full litre to bring her up to max.

Is this type of consumption normal. And is it advisable to keep it topped up to max. Will be getting serviced when it's a year old anyway.

Thanks

Yes that would seem to be acceptable consumption ... some users here have not had to top up others (me included) seem to have oil hungry engines

Cheers.

I think mine could be heavier on oil due to the nature of my driving..short journeys, stop start. Same story with petrol consumpion..getting 21mpg on short trips, but as high as 35mpg on long trips.

Is it ok to keep it topped up to max all the time ? When I get it serviced I plan to buy a big bottle of 5w30 as the spec the dealer uses is well old. Even though I know with the mileage I do, cheaper semi-synth would be ok too.

How many litres does she take ?