Yes facts, ...for a whole six thousand miles facts!
I hope you are lucky, there have been some people whose cars do much better than most. For some time at least. Primo.
Secundo: burning a small amount of thin oil, if by design, may not be such a terrible thing. Too bad Subaru is not saying much, as if taking what I call the "head-gasket-type" approach of the past, blaming faulty rings to what may be an engine design/flaw issue.
Who knows?
Nonetheless, these cars may go on with an otherwise happy and long life. just need to be topped off frequently.
I am just saying, maybe that is why synthetics?
Basia