the car is a 94 EX 5-speed...With 127K mile son it, milage hasnt gone down any, it MAY be the pads but 4k miles ago i had the car taken in for its 120K service and they told me that the pads were in almost perfect condition... I really doubt im burning oil, the car never has, but this last oil change i switched to full synthetic, no smoke though, and no leaks...and i ran synthetic belnd prior to the switch...