flying kurbmaster said:
Yes, a guess.
None of the vehicles I have ever seen purchased (Ford, GM, Mopar, Toyota, Nissan, Paccar...etc) require maintenance to be done at a dealer to keep warranty. People change their own oil all the time.
People swap their brake pads all the time.
There is nothing to prove if a 32000 mile Nissan had 3,000 mile oil changes, 7500 mile oil changes...or one oil change in its entire 32,000 miles...without records of it. Your idea about having to bring it to the dealership for these is not true. (At least not in the vehicle group we are talking about here.)
One moment of rational thinking tells you on average, a human being will:
1. Not treat a rental or leased vehicle as well as their own.
2. Will skimp and save any way possible in order not to spend money on a rental or lease.
When is the last time you took a rental car in to have it detailed?
Did you bring it in for that noise, or keep driving it with the "if it breaks, they tow me and send a new car to take its place" attitude?
(I have tapped on (several) windows of Ford Explorers seen parked @ a gas pump or grocery store during the great rollover Firestone debacle...and showed people a half flat front tire (the reason for most of the tire failures in the first place IMNSHO) and I was told, "I don't care, it's a company car/rental car." Many times.)
When was the last time you raised the hood to check the oil on a rental or company car?
I know people who would proclaim to their death bed they are different...they would never do such a thing...and they do it too. People usually fail at empathy once-removed.
(Did you give half your income to feed the children last month? Starving babies are more important than skipping an oil change or two or three, right?)