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Offline GolfTi

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Re: Reading the Manual?
« Reply #20 on: 30 April 2010, 23:37 »
Can't quite believe you spend this sort of money on a car and miss out on the absolute pleasure of reading the manual(s)
once or twice. :huh:

You should all be made to read it before you are allowed to take delivery.

Blokes don't need or read DIY manuals or TV instructions - but a Golf GTI??  Shameful.
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Offline am1w

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Re: Reading the Manual?
« Reply #21 on: 01 May 2010, 09:44 »
Quote from: GolfTi on 30 April 2010, 23:37
Can't quite believe you spend this sort of money on a car and miss out on the absolute pleasure of reading the manual(s)
once or twice. :huh:
You should all be made to read it before you are allowed to take delivery.
Blokes don't need or read DIY manuals or TV instructions - but a Golf GTI??  Shameful.

I stand duly admonished! :embarassed:
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Offline Steve30

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Re: Reading the Manual?
« Reply #22 on: 01 May 2010, 10:10 »
Quote from: GolfTi on 30 April 2010, 23:37
Can't quite believe you spend this sort of money on a car and miss out on the absolute pleasure of reading the manual(s)
once or twice. :huh:

You should all be made to read it before you are allowed to take delivery.

Blokes don't need or read DIY manuals or TV instructions - but a Golf GTI??  Shameful.

That's becasue I'm a bloke & a man :rolleyes:
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Offline Snoopy

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Re: Reading the Manual?
« Reply #23 on: 01 May 2010, 11:33 »
The manual is rubbish. Hard to follow, and the warning to keep americans happy everywere are a pain. Its a shambles imo.
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Offline am1w

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Re: Reading the Manual?
« Reply #24 on: 01 May 2010, 11:43 »
Quote from: Snoopy on 01 May 2010, 11:33
The manual is rubbish. Hard to follow, and the warning to keep americans happy everywere are a pain. Its a shambles imo.

Us bloley men would anyway never admit to reading boring things like that. Might read it when I am on the bog! :sick: :grin:
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Offline RickS

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Re: Reading the Manual?
« Reply #25 on: 02 May 2010, 09:15 »
Quote from: GolfTi on 30 April 2010, 23:37
Can't quite believe you spend this sort of money on a car and miss out on the absolute pleasure of reading the manual(s)
once or twice. :huh:

You should all be made to read it before you are allowed to take delivery.

Blokes don't need or read DIY manuals or TV instructions - but a Golf GTI??  Shameful.

I just love the smell and feel of a new manual and it's neat [in this case] leather folder, but I only scan read it, then look at it in more detail as, when and if I find things I'm not sure about. :cool:
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Re: Reading the Manual?
« Reply #26 on: 02 May 2010, 14:59 »
Quote from: GolfTi on 30 April 2010, 23:37
Can't quite believe you spend this sort of money on a car and miss out on the absolute pleasure of reading the manual(s)
once or twice. :huh:

You should all be made to read it before you are allowed to take delivery.

Blokes don't need or read DIY manuals or TV instructions - but a Golf GTI??  Shameful.
i would agree with some of those points you made, but i am under the belief that controls and how to operate something should be intuitive or just familiar or made common sense so you don't necessarily have to read the instructions. it would be a very stupidly designed car if how to operate it required going through the *whole* manual.
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Offline Steve30

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Re: Reading the Manual?
« Reply #27 on: 02 May 2010, 15:11 »
Quote from: DDRFan on 02 May 2010, 14:59
Quote from: GolfTi on 30 April 2010, 23:37
Can't quite believe you spend this sort of money on a car and miss out on the absolute pleasure of reading the manual(s)
once or twice. :huh:

You should all be made to read it before you are allowed to take delivery.

Blokes don't need or read DIY manuals or TV instructions - but a Golf GTI??  Shameful.
i would agree with some of those points you made, but i am under the belief that controls and how to operate something should be intuitive or just familiar or made common sense so you don't necessarily have to read the instructions. it would be a very stupidly designed car if how to operate it required going through the *whole* manual.

Good point there my friend  :grin:
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Re: Reading the Manual?
« Reply #28 on: 02 May 2010, 15:47 »
It's like referring constantly to the kamsutra before sexual activities! :grin:
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Offline gizzywizzy

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Re: Reading the Manual?
« Reply #29 on: 02 May 2010, 19:27 »
Quote from: am1w on 02 May 2010, 15:47
It's like referring constantly to the kamsutra before sexual activities! :grin:


 :rolleyes: :grin:
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