Why is my family so dumb?
I see on sister's facebook that she's taking the train home from college and then going on a 3 hour road trip to see her friend at another college. (6 hour round trip for you non-mathy people like myself.)
I know for a fact that 30,000 miles has come and gone with no service and we might even be up at 31 at this point, and she just doesn't even think this is an issue. DOES NO ONE IN THIS WORLD KNOW WHAT OIL IS AND HOW IT WORKS?!?! I told her no way. If that car seizes from lack of oil in the middle of nowhere in upstate NY, I know for a fact they won't honor warranty because we essentially skipped a service, and God knows how much it will cost to tow and fix.
My brother goes home and drives the car pretty much every other weekend. I have to imagine the service notification is blaring in his face...how has he not done it? Everyone thinks the thing runs on hopes and dreams.
I'm rarely home these days...been giving serious thought to parting her out getting my cash and telling my brother and sister to just enjoy the car and I'll stick to my bicycle in Boston. It's just too much of a headache and I don't want to be stuck with service costs when they break something.
tl;dr - sister wants to go on a 6 hour road trip in the gti and we're already at least 1k miles overdue for an oil change. I'm worried the car will run out of oil.