Burning through 1/3 of oil over 5k miles

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I use about the same amount in 5k. The first 1k it barely drops on the stick, then uses a little less than a quart every 1k until changed at 5. It uses about the same every 1k miles after the first thousand, every time. I haven't noticed any difference when driven hard VS stop and go rush hour driving. Some motors burn oil and some don't. It seems like I remember Porsche used to say anything less than a quart every 600 miles is normal, although a quart every 600 seems excessive to me, it doesn't hurt anything but your wallet as long as it's not smoking, or has performance problems. That 600 mile thing was for air cooled cars so they may well have changed their direction on the water pumpers, but if all else is good, and it didn't just start using oil after years of not using any, I wouldn't worry about it