So I’m curious, this is the first car where I’ve actually sat down and read some of the manual. Some for curiosity/boredom, some for diagnosing, but I’ve never found myself doing this is another car thanks to the internet and forums.
How many of you actually read your cars manuals versus look things up online and never even touch that bundle of papers in your glovebox?
Current:
13' E92 M3 Comp | 05' Yahama R6 | 95' E36 M3
Past:
14' BMW 335xi GT | 06' Porsche Boxster S | 15' Jeep Grand Cherokee | 84' BMW 733i | 85' Honda Shadow VT700 | 06' Acura TL
I read my first Tacoma's front to back. I actually found it online and printed it out, and kept it on a clipboard in the car along with EVERY SINGLE gas fill-up, price, and trip odometer reading for my ownership.
Not sure why.
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(04-14-2018, 07:03 PM)Senor_Taylor Wrote: I read my first Tacoma's front to back. I actually found it online and printed it out, and kept it on a clipboard in the car along with EVERY SINGLE gas fill-up, price, and trip odometer reading for my ownership.
Not sure why.
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That might be a little much but cool for records I guess. I just went through my credit cards for 2017 and found I spent about $2,300 on gas which sounds about right for Premium and the amount of miles I drove.
I also keep a folder of all maintenance receipts and any parts I buy for the car so I can track how much a car ACTUALLY costs me, but that stays at home, not my glovebox lol.
Current:
13' E92 M3 Comp | 05' Yahama R6 | 95' E36 M3
Past:
14' BMW 335xi GT | 06' Porsche Boxster S | 15' Jeep Grand Cherokee | 84' BMW 733i | 85' Honda Shadow VT700 | 06' Acura TL
04-14-2018, 08:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-14-2018, 08:21 PM by BLINGMW.)
I like reading car manuals, it's a good time killer as a passenger. I can't say I've read the whole manual for every car I've had, but I've glanced at each and used them as a reference for at least jack points, fluid types and capacities, and to see if there are any funny pictures or warnings.
However, I do not keep gas and service receipts, I try to log service on a spreadsheet.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a van is a good guy with a van
Fuelly.com for the win. That's where I keep my fill up information.
I've only referenced the manual when I couldn't figure something out or to find out capacities (oil, MT fluid, etc.)
Never really read the manuals for my car except stuff I can't figure out or trying to dumb down German technology on my mom's car for her. I only keep big service items like scheduled 60k mile services and big expense stuff, but I keep the rest on a spreadsheet including mods. REALLY hurt to look at the total $ I spent on the forester between mods and maintenance in only ~3 years of ownership when I sold it.
2013 BMW 135is
2010 Forester XT land boat - sold
I've read every manual cover to cover, except the three cars I own now (probably I used to really like it, but having a toddler has stripped me of a desire to use my brain when there is quiet in the house. I'm in the process of reading a watch manual cover to cover (larger than it sounds), so I guess there's that.
'76 911S | '14 328xi |
'17 GTI | In memoriam:
'08 848,
'85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
They are boring to read to be honest.
