okay, I went out this morning and checked the level again, and the oil actually is up on the dipstick about an inch and a half to two inches when the engine is completely cold.

Will this damage the engine or is this an acceptable range for the X? In the manual to my Ford Contour it has a little sidenote that it is normal for the oil level to be slightly above the full mark after an oil change.

I'm thinking about going back and telling them to drain out the extra half quart, free of charge, if this level of overfill will damage the engine.

My '88 Pathfinder had the same damn dipstick and I'm sure it was slightly overfilled many times and there were no engine problems.(Boddy rotted away)

Am I being too paranoid and instead should just consider it a lesson learned for next time, rather than go through the effort of draining out some oil?