My friend's the manager at Flagstop, a quick lube shop around the area. He had this one guy come in for a regular oil change service and he said "Haven't changed it since I bought it." Turns out the car has 96,000 miles on it. What was worse is that he bought it new. The oil had turned into goop - everyone in the shop was amazed the car still even ran.
The more I read about the death after 15k miles the more I think that my story may be an urban legend!