New car handbook - 230pages anyone read it?

[dippy_x]

I just treat the manual as a reference guide rather than a novel.  I look it up if I need to know something specific i.e what does the big red flashing warning on the dash mean?

[TwoSheds]

Sad I know but I had the handbooks a couple of weeks before picking up the car & took them to read on a boring long haul flight whilst my wife read her novels. 

[fredgroves]

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.

I hope you read the manual for your 12 year old son cover to cover.

[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.

I hope you read the manual for your 12 year old son cover to cover.

I did, and I still don't understand how he works.

[Booth11]

Read it as and when required. 

Unfortunately my 10 year old daughter didn't come with a manual.

[Gtiless]

Read it as and when required. 

Unfortunately my 10 year old daughter didn't come with a manual.

You are still okish at the mo. Wait until she is 13/14/15.(and beyond for a few years!)

[Raffe]

What handbook 

[Mike J]

Well Im happy to realise it just isnt me.

On my first decent trip yesterday I wanted to use the cruise control (to keep the beast within the speed limit) but couldn't find it anywhere, so thats something for Sunday morning.
After reading all the replies I now realise ACC is what I should have been looking for 

My biggest moan so far is that there isn't anywhere to stow the black leatherette folder that holds the service book, handbook etc. eventually got the manual and roadside assist info into the underseat drawer on the passenger (Wife) side, but the folder will have to stay indoors.


Now trying to personalise the load area ie; obtaining a US made WeatherTec load liner without the need to import my own from the USA.

 

[Watts]

Mike - my folder goes in the glovebox. Admittedly it doesn't leave a lot more room but then I don't carry much in the car.

[Mike J]

Had a real moan to the dealer the other day and they admitted it the no:1 complant they have about the new models.

Im going to modify the underseat drawer on the passenger side to take it, at present it will only hold the handbook and breakdown assist books.


Also want to know where in the passenger footwell the fire extinguisher goes?
There IS a place according to some overseas references but I cannot find the exact position.
Help please.