Question

Under extreme driving conditions, such as off-roading, car owners are supposed to have the oil changed in their car every 1,000 miles. Typically, car owners miss the service date for the oil change and wait until the car needs to have a yearly inspection before changing the oil. As a result, there tends to be more maintenance required on the car when it is inspected. Which of the following is an underlying assumption of the argument above? 1.Off-roading can cause more problems for a car than street driving.2.Car owners should get oil changes every 1,000 miles.3.It takes a long time to drive 1,000 miles off-road.

Answer 1

Answer: Off-road can cause more problems for the car than street driving

Explanation:

In the above argument, the fact that extreme driving condition is used for off-road denotes the reason why it supposedly leads to a possible more damage to the car. There is however, a general habit that the car owners do not practise the regular oil change until their yearly maintenance, using the car off-road without the necessary preventive maintenance leads to more damages to the car during the yearly maintenance. This makes the answer to be "Off-road can cause more problem to the car than street driving".