I'm not trying to be a dick or something, but this tells me that you do not check your oil on a regular basis. Aside from knowing that VTEC is operated though the use of oil pressure, it clearly states in the owners manual to "check oil at every fill up"

 

I speak for myself and others who contributed to this thread, your car was sooo low on oil, "it should not have been driven period" regardless if you drove it 50 feet to get the oil changed.

 

 

how does a car go down to 1.5 quarts of oil.

 

If you uses a qt. every 1000 miles and you don't check it for 4000 miles ........................