If you are actually burning a quart in 100 miles, you will leave a long, blue trail behind you, I've had cars that burned that much oil. You would also get blue smoke on startup and on deceleration bad enough to notice it, too.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!