New car handbook - 230pages anyone read it?

[Watts]

I gave it a go but soon lost the will to live. No idea how to use the ACC and probably never will plus no doubt there are other pointless functions I'm unaware of. It's a car, I have managed to drive it near daily for over a year so anything I've missed can't be that important.

It's a bit like mobile phones, I have one but rarely switch it on. Colleagues can't get to grips with it and always ask 'but what if someone needs to get hold of you?'. Well what if they do? I'll get a message eventually, it's not been a problem so far

[fredgroves]

Tsk! ACC is one of the things I use every day and wouldn't be without it!

[kalimon]

I gave it a go but soon lost the will to live. No idea how to use the ACC and probably never will plus no doubt there are other pointless functions I'm unaware of. It's a car, I have managed to drive it near daily for over a year so anything I've missed can't be that important.

It's a bit like mobile phones, I have one but rarely switch it on. Colleagues can't get to grips with it and always ask 'but what if someone needs to get hold of you?'. Well what if they do? I'll get a message eventually, it's not been a problem so far

I'm also in the dark as far as ACC is concerned but don't really see the need for cruise control anyway. Same for  high beam assist 
I do however use a mobile phone Watts

[fredgroves]

LOL I love HBA too

[Watts]

I gave it a go but soon lost the will to live. No idea how to use the ACC and probably never will plus no doubt there are other pointless functions I'm unaware of. It's a car, I have managed to drive it near daily for over a year so anything I've missed can't be that important.

It's a bit like mobile phones, I have one but rarely switch it on. Colleagues can't get to grips with it and always ask 'but what if someone needs to get hold of you?'. Well what if they do? I'll get a message eventually, it's not been a problem so far

I'm also in the dark as far as ACC is concerned but don't really see the need for cruise control anyway. Same for  high beam assist 
I do however use a mobile phone Watts

I worked out fairly quickly, being very clever, that the less you switch your phone on the longer the battery lasts

Tsk! ACC is one of the things I use every day and wouldn't be without it!

I like to drive my car, not the other way round

Actually, I can see the benefit of ACC in certain circumstances, it's just I rarely fit them.

[fredgroves]

I like to drive my car, not the other way round

Actually, I can see the benefit of ACC in certain circumstances, it's just I rarely fit them.

A motorway filled with speed cameras is not a place that's fun to drive - or at least probably only "fun" a maximum 4 times every 18 months....  I spend my days on them.

My car is not a toy, its an essential tool for my job.

[Watts]

I like to drive my car, not the other way round

Actually, I can see the benefit of ACC in certain circumstances, it's just I rarely fit them.

A motorway filled with speed cameras is not a place that's fun to drive - or at least probably only "fun" a maximum 4 times every 18 months....  I spend my days on them.

My car is not a toy, its an essential tool for my job.

Precisely the circumstance I envisaged the ACC being useful for. My commute is only 5 miles so most drives for me are fun. Love it

[dubber36]

LOL I love HBA too

I've got a 12 year old son that does that job for me, just like I did for my dad. Come to think of it, we could well have invented it in his Morris Marina.

[jv]

I glanced at the head unit manual and realised guess work is far more likely to result in success.

[Bungleaio]

I'm proper sad I'd read the entire manual before I'd decided a golf was for me.

I do it for most major things I buy, I like to know what they do and what I'm getting for my money.