Speaking of maintenance, and what not.
I have a co-worker with an 11 year old Ford Escape that she bought brand new. She maintains it meticulously, and its been pretty good to her. It's starting to rust, so she's shopping for a replacement (Rav4, probably). Anyway, her Escape has nothing to do with the story, other than to point out that the following story has nothing to do with her and her vehicular habits...she's a good egg as far as I'm concerned.
Her boyfriend, on the other hand.... Two years ago he bought a 2 year old 2015 Dodge Journey R/T at a well known local used car mega-dealer (RideTime). I'm pretty sure he financed the entire thing, and he bought an extended warranty on top of it. Anyway, my co-worker texts me this morning (she texts me whenever she has car related questions - I'm the resident office car geek), saying that her boyfriend is saying that a 'zero oil pressure' warning light came on in his Journey over the weekend, and has persisted until today.
I went up to her office to talk to her about it, and ask her if there was oil in the vehicle (there was), in which case it's likely just a bad sensor, which shouldn't' be too expensive to fix. She then launched into a discussion about how her boyfriend doesn't maintain his Journey, and how much it pisses her off. Apparently, the only time his vehicle sees regular maintenance is when she borrows it for a road trip, at which time she'll take it for a little pre-roadtrip maintenance.
The stupidest part of that? The dealer where he bought his vehicle offers 'free' (they're not free, it's obviously built into the overhead at time of sale) oil changes for as long as you own the vehicle that you bought from them. Literally all he has to do is book an appointment with them every few months and its taken care of.
I just shake my head at some people. He's got a vehicle that he's making payments on, including a warranty, yet not maintaining it. Is he not aware that the warranty is null and void if he can't provide proof of maintenance?