randomdreams

Had you checked if the oil was full when you bought the car? If not, then maybe it hadn't had regular maintenance & oil changes in a long time. When I bought the used car I had prior to my current one, I think the oil light came on while driving it home, and I had to fill it up. But beyond that, I don't remember it having any significant oil leaks until over a decade later. Although I may have had to add oil every once in a while, in between oil changes... I don't remember if that was the last car, or the one before it.