James,
Still better then one of the old American cars
As a youngster and my first trip in an old 1953 Oldsmobile I took a trip from Montreal to NYC in 1959. I put 12 quarts of engine oil in the trunk when I left Montreal and when I arrived in NYC they were all used up. In fact I remember pulling into the gas station in NYC and when the attendant asked me how much I replied "Check the gas and fill up the oil!" he replied in a nice NY accent "Say what?" I just repeated myself.
"Check the gas and fill up the oil!"
I'm glad we have a dip stick on our cars so we can check the level before driving our 280SL ... my last M3's had no dip stick all is now electronic. BTW I too have a slight oil leak on my 280SL I use a rubber mat under the car and check the oil level before I drive her
keeps the garage floor dry and gives me piece of mind