This is symptomatic of four stroke being the norm nowadays. Would you run your car without oil?
A segment on the UK's Fifth Gear motoring show asked drivers if they ever checked their oil and nearly all said they never do and one middle aged bot said he never even thinks about the oil in his car engine. He just flatly said no I never think about it!

Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!