As you stated in the article…
As you stated in the article, you absolutely have to male sure that you are up to the mile on your maintenance. The fluids need to be changed per the owner's manual under the "normal driving conditions," and stay AWAY from the "Extended driving conditions," because only about 2% of owners actually drive within the extended parameters.
You definitely need to change the oil and filter at 3k mi., and the granny fluid and filter at the interval set up in the manual. Everyone also forgets about changing the brake fluid every 2 years or 20k miles. I've seen cars/trucks with brake fluid so black it looked like used motor oil. The coolant also needs to be changed around 3 years or 40k miles, even if the manufacturer says it is "lifetime fluid", because that is an outright lie. Just ask the millions of Subaru and Mitsubishi owners that have replaced engines and transmissions because of the acidic coolant.
These fluids should be checked more often if you tow with a truck, or haul a lot of stuff on a regular basis.
Too many people think they can simply beat the crap out of their vehicles and the vehicle will go on for hundreds of thousands of miles trouble free.
I've worked in the automotive industry from sales to service to auto-body, and I can tell you horror stories of misuse and abuse of vehicles. Sure there are trouble vehicles, but more and more it is the operator error that makes the vehicle fail.