There's not really much else required besides oil changes and tire rotations for the first 20k miles.
Exactly. I was responding to the posters claiming how great rental car companies maintain their vehicles...
- "All of Enterprise's rental cars are relatively new and top-notch maintained.
- "They are less expensive and seem to be much better maintainedRental car companies aren't doing any maintenance, aside from a few oil changes done as cheaply as possible, that may or may not have happened at the necessary intervals.
With a private party car, you at least have documentation that oil changes were done at the proper mileage, using the proper oil and filter.
If maintained at the dealer, you'd also have paperwork showing various inspections took place, TSB issues addressed, ect.
Also, buying a brand new car off the lot could easily have more than 186 miles on it, and who knows if they avoided sudden stops.
If a car has 186 miles, it should never be considered a "brand new car off the lot". A dealership might want you to believe that BS, but any sensible consumer should never treat a car with that many miles as brand new.
I've purchased 4 brand new cars in my life, and none of them have had more than 5 miles on the odometer.