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On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Jeff Strickland wrote:
> isn't room inthe Owner's Manual for every torque spect that is out there, ....because all the space is taken up with idiotic warnings about how you're not supposed to run the car in an enclosed garage, how you're supposed to wait for the mist to clear from the windows before driving off, how you're supposed to turn on your headlights if it's dark outside and you want to drive, etc. > Having said that, I can't encourage anybody to buy a Haynes or a > Chilton. If one needs to know the stuff between those covers, and can > reasonably use the information contained therein, they would be much > better off with the vastly superior factory service manual, even with a > cost differential of quadruple the cost. A single mistake averted can > cover the cost of the manual. Precisely. |
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> ...because all the space is taken up with idiotic warnings about how > you're not supposed to run the car in an enclosed garage, how you're > supposed to wait for the mist to clear from the windows before driving > off, how you're supposed to turn on your headlights if it's dark outside > and you want to drive, etc. Next time you see a lawyer, thank him/her for all this crap. Erik |
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Daniel J. Stern wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, larry moe 'n curly wrote: > > > I looked at the library's Chilton and Haynes manuals for > > my 1997 Nissan and found them to be really deficient, > > with pictures that were too fuzzy or dark to let me > > identify the parts and information that either wasn't > > there or applied to a different vehicle. > http://u225.torque.net/haynes_instructions.html Thanks! That finally fixed it! Autozone stores around here used to be really generous toward people "borrowing" their Haynes manuals (almost every copy was greasy) because it helped them sell parts, but now they actually want to _sell_ the manuals. At least www.autozone.com now has some free repair information for some vehicles. |
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Erik wrote: > In article . com>, > "larry moe 'n curly" > wrote: > > I looked at the library's Chilton and Haynes manuals for > > my 1997 Nissan and found them to be really deficient, with > > pictures that were too fuzzy or dark to let me identify > > the parts and information that either wasn't there or > > applied to a different vehicle. > > I ended up spending $140 on a Nissan factory manual and > > found it to be worth it. Some people sell bootleg > > copies of these on CD-ROM for $15 on eBay > Alldata is also available online now too... looks like > $25, but don't know the details, will look later. They're > pretty up to date, complete with service bulletins and all that. > > http://www.alldata.com/ > > Mitchell manuals are also excellent, but pricey... > > http://www.mitchellrepair.com/ Many libraries have AllData or Mitchell available online at no charge, but Mitchell is a whole lot better, although it seemed that the paper version of Mitchell included some important stuff that the online version lacked. |
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On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:17:15 +0000, badgolferman wrote:
> hachiroku, 6/28/2005, 6:53:49 PM, > > wrote: > >> On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:40:11 -0500, Ray O wrote: >> >> Found out where Jim Petrin went. He's at a dealer about 14 miles away. >> Perhaps if I can I'll swing down and tell him you said "Hi" >> >> If I get a free minute sometime! > > > Hachiroku, > I think you are one of the reasonable regulars here and would like to > show something to you. Oh. My. God. Somebody thinks I'm reasonable! I'm going to print this one out and hang it on my wall!!! > > What you have done here is called "hijacking a thread" and > unfortunately is far too common in this group. We had a perfectly good > automotive discussion going on and all of a different OT subject is > interjected into the mix. Aw, shucks; yeah, I know (kicks at ground with one foot...) > > This is a mild example of why filtering on OT in the subject line is > useless within this mostly OT group. Message received and acknowledged... |
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On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:13:57 -0400, Daniel J. Stern wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, hachiroku wrote: > >> >> > Chiltons and Haynes manuals will be around $30 and cover the >> >> > repairs most homeowners would attempt themselves. >> >> CarQuest sells them for $19.95 >> > ...and they're equally worthless whether the price be $20 or $30. > >> I find them adequate for filling holes in my knowledge for things *I* >> would tackle. > > You're making the faulty assumption that the "knowledge" contained in > these pieces of garbage is accurate, which it often is not. It comes with learning how to READ the damn things! I have been a 'technocrat' all my life and have read manual after manual. Once you learn how to read one, they're all the same. But, I have been left scratching my head on more than one occasion. What I do. I RTFM BEFORE touching a tool, to make sure i uunderstand the procedure. Then, I do what I used to do when taking tests in college: the answer to one question is often contained in another question. So, I peruse the manual further to see if there is a better explaination. If there is, Gravy. If not, the phone number is inside the front cover... |
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Erik wrote:
>>...because all the space is taken up with idiotic warnings about how >>you're not supposed to run the car in an enclosed garage, how you're >>supposed to wait for the mist to clear from the windows before driving >>off, how you're supposed to turn on your headlights if it's dark outside >>and you want to drive, etc. > > > Next time you see a lawyer, thank him/her for all this crap. > > Erik Or next time you see an idiot, slap him upside the head. They need to release a regular 15 page car manual with a special 800 page idiot supplement. I swear, it takes 20 pages in the manual to tell you how to start your car and put the seatbelt on. |
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ray > wrote: >Or next time you see an idiot, slap him upside the head. They need to >release a regular 15 page car manual with a special 800 page idiot >supplement. I swear, it takes 20 pages in the manual to tell you how to >start your car and put the seatbelt on. How about 5 pages on how to use the automatic transmission? Interestingly, the same owner's manual had less than a page on how to use the manual transmission. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy J. Lee Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. No warranty of any kind is provided with this message. |
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Timothy J. Lee wrote:
> In article >, > ray > wrote: > >>Or next time you see an idiot, slap him upside the head. They need to >>release a regular 15 page car manual with a special 800 page idiot >>supplement. I swear, it takes 20 pages in the manual to tell you how to >>start your car and put the seatbelt on. > > > How about 5 pages on how to use the automatic transmission? Interestingly, > the same owner's manual had less than a page on how to use the manual > transmission. > Well, that's probably because a) anyone who actually *buys* a manual transmission probably doesn't need any special instructions or b) if they included a section on heel-and-toe downshifting, there'd be all sorts of liability issues (pick whichever explanation you like better) nate -- replace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel |
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