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Offline Mike J

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New car handbook - 230pages anyone read it?
« on: 21 October 2016, 08:58 »
Yes its 230pages of how to and what to  :undecided:
And that doesn't include the seperate book for the tv screen in the dash  :embarrassed:

I got to page 60Something and gave up, hells bells who has the time or can be bothered to read that lot??

Am I the odd one out or do you all read every page the handbook before getting on to the road?

PS My wife read the entire handbook for her VW before ever driving it (women  :wink:)
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Re: New car handbook - 230pages anyone read it?
« Reply #1 on: 21 October 2016, 09:47 »
Nope, always use the books to answer specific things I can't work out.

I can figure out how to unlock the doors but maybe I don't know how to change a bulb or insert the towing eye.
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Re: New car handbook - 230pages anyone read it?
« Reply #2 on: 21 October 2016, 09:57 »
Only for recommendations like running in and oil.

Or as fred said.
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Re: New car handbook - 230pages anyone read it?
« Reply #3 on: 21 October 2016, 10:00 »
It's not that you couldn't start or drive the car without it (hopefully  :lipsrsealed:) but with modern cars I've always found that there are so many minor functions and tricks I was unaware of that are rather nice to know/use.

That been said, two months into ownership and I'm still at page 80... Try to read a few pages ever ynight before going to sleep  :grin:
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Re: New car handbook - 230pages anyone read it?
« Reply #4 on: 21 October 2016, 10:14 »
Push the buttons, see what it does :)
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Re: New car handbook - 230pages anyone read it?
« Reply #5 on: 21 October 2016, 10:40 »
I wouldn't say I've read it cover to cover, but have definitely flicked through it and read the relevant sections that interested me...

...and yes, I am that sad!
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Re: New car handbook - 230pages anyone read it?
« Reply #6 on: 21 October 2016, 10:44 »
Blokes don't need or read manuals! 😃
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Re: New car handbook - 230pages anyone read it?
« Reply #7 on: 21 October 2016, 10:45 »
I flicked through it. A good cure for insomnia. Boring as hell and loads and loads of irrelevant information (i.e. the manual covers every derivative of the Golf for every market so there's lots of pages on stuff you don't have).
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Re: New car handbook - 230pages anyone read it?
« Reply #8 on: 21 October 2016, 12:18 »
I'm fairly certain that my manual is a GTD one and not the usual "all versions" book.

The biggest problem usually with a car manual is that it is an ALL versions one and you look at something and think "wow it can do that" only to discover that is only on certain models and not yours.
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Re: New car handbook - 230pages anyone read it?
« Reply #9 on: 21 October 2016, 13:26 »
Quote from: fredgroves on 21 October 2016, 12:18
I'm fairly certain that my manual is a GTD one and not the usual "all versions" book.

The biggest problem usually with a car manual is that it is an ALL versions one and you look at something and think "wow it can do that" only to discover that is only on certain models and not yours.

Which is why you buy the top trim fully loaded on extras...  :drool:
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