Yeah that's interesting, no didnt baby it just rode it nomally as from the day I picked it up brand new. I also heard they run quieter on mineral, but why? a 20 50 is a 20 50 regardless of if its synthetic or mineral.... anyway I did my thousand ks and it used a smidge over 200mls. Odd because at 900ks it had used almost none but the level dropped in the last 100ks. So is that within spec?