On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 21:57:18 +0100, Yvan > wrote:

>Nedavno Lawrence Glickman pise:
>
>| >| Highly doubtful. In fact, probably worse.
>| >|
>| >| Bite the bullet and get the Factory Service Manual's.
>| >|
>| >| > I ordered directly from haynes.co.uk manual for both my Audi and
>| >| > BMW. Hope they are better than this one from '73 :-)
>| >
>| >I probably will.
>|
>| I think there is some *online* service, don't remember the name
>| offhand, and they have your service manual *online.* You subscribe on
>| an annual fee basis; something like $25 a year or some such. Can't
>| remember the name, but, that is the way I would go.
>
>It's http://www.alldatadiy.com. Is this really a Bentley manual on-line?

Good question, Yvan. I would go over there and find out, but I have
to go on an errand shortly. Otherwise, I would be happy to find out.
It is *possible.*

>How come they (Bentley) do not sell it on CD for my car (1989 Audi 100)?

Damn good question. I suppose they want to keep the work in their
shops where they can make the MOST money.

>| A -physical- shop manual weights 20 pounds, takes a day to put
>
>I found factory manual on eBay for $105 and shiping was ~ $50 :-)

That's right, Yvan. It is big, it is expensive, it is heavy, and
you'll never even use or need 99.99% of the information in there.
That's why I would go for the *online* service, IF they have
documentation for your model car ( and year ).

>| Sometimes it makes more sense to bring the dang thing into a qualified
>| service shop.
>
>Every time I go to my mechanic I am more and more convinced that I
>should do repair by myself, since where I am there is no such thing as
>"qualified service shop". And Audi service is to expensive for me.

Exactly so Yvan. All service shops charge you twice. The
technician-baffoon get's 1/2, and the *house* gets 1/2.

And when I say baffoon, I am paying them a compliment. I had my
rotors turned at a brake shop, and when I got em back from the ******
who did the work, they were grooved so badly in a spiral pattern I
could have used them for a barber pole.

NEVER AGAIN !

These *service shop* guys out here, VERY few of them know any more
about what they are doing than you and I do, very few. Most are
retards that are hired for the manual labor. No small wonder that
their first names are Manny.

Lg