Just wanted to update the continuing saga - (don't know if it's better to post a new thread or keep it all under this one?)

Shortly after the earlier posting on the forum, I called the dealer and explained everything to him (guess I should point out that this deal was through Auto Exchange, not through a "regular" car dealer or an Isuzu dealer. But so far, they have been good to deal with - knock on wood!

Anyway, we had a nice civil conversation. I explained that I never saw any leaks, smoke, black plugs, or signs the oil was getting out of the engine, it always ran good and averaged 18.5MPG for the trip (mostly 75MPH interstate w/ AC running) but had to add the three quarts in about 750 miles of driving. He ask me to document everything on paper and drive it the rest of this week to document if it needed more oil, then said to get in touch with him on Monday and give him all the docs and he would see what they can do to get it taken care of.

So pretty much in a holding pattern right now and waiting to see what their "taken care of" will amount to. Part of me is wanting them to agree to just swap vehicles back and consider the transaction null and void (I'd still probably look for some other VX) The other part is hoping that they would agree to refund a couple thousand off the purchase price for a replacement engine. (Been doing some reading on the 3.5L DI!)

Will keep everyone posted on the progress.

Corey