As a dad, I would not and did not assume my daughter knew what to do. I showed her the records I keep and the service intervals I follow. Also had showed her how to check the oil, etc. She is going to be 18 soon and I am only giving her a 95 contour with 99,000 miles.
If the dad wanted to go about that sort of thing in another way he could have said something like..."here is the owners manual and service manual, read them over and then tell me what you are going to do with this $15,000 (or whatever cost was) machine.
Agree that dad was a double dumass for giving her a brand new car.
