# of 8 owners who have/haven't read owners manual

11-04-2003, 09:31 AM

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# of 8 owners who have/haven't read owners manual

Simple Question:
How many people that own a Rx-8 have read or not read the manual.

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11-04-2003, 09:37 AM

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Big yes. About 16 times :D

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11-04-2003, 09:53 AM

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I had already read it cover to cover BEFORE I bought the car.
I have since re-read most of it and I am constantly picking sections in a semi-random fashion to ensure that I know all the details.
I will do the same with the shop manuals when they arrive.

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11-04-2003, 10:38 AM

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Cover to cover, baybee, both before and after taking delivery.

Why anyone would take delivery of a high-tech piece of machinery like this and not RTFM is beyond me.

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11-04-2003, 11:27 AM

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I flipped through the pages cover to cover. If I question something(navigation system), I search the manual.

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11-04-2003, 11:38 AM

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I read it cover to cover which took me a little while. The damn things get bigger every time I buy a car.

I was also very amused with the warnings. They sounded like advice from Hagakure's "Way of the Samurai". It really put me in the mood of having bought a quintessentially Japanese car. COOL!

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11-04-2003, 09:44 PM

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There's a manual?

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11-05-2003, 12:47 AM

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Yep. Online before I bought it, and on paper after. I knew more about the car than the salesman did!

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11-05-2003, 10:18 AM

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I totally agree. My car is on order (for Mar/April) and I've already read it once.

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Cover to cover, baybee, both before and after taking delivery.

Why anyone would take delivery of a high-tech piece of machinery like this and not RTFM is beyond me.

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11-05-2003, 02:17 PM

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between the manual and the forum
I know almost everything about this car

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11-05-2003, 04:52 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by MEGAREDS
There's a manual?

Damn, you beat me to it!

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11-05-2003, 09:00 PM

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Lookin' kinda lop-sided.
Cover to cover here too.

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11-05-2003, 09:50 PM

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I can't say I've read it cover to cover...it's a freakin' REFERENCE book, not a novel!

But I have consulted it several times.

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11-05-2003, 09:58 PM

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I read it, but I still learned a few things here in the forums.

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11-07-2003, 01:07 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by Haze
I was also very amused with the warnings. They sounded like advice from Hagakure's "Way of the Samurai". It really put me in the mood of having bought a quintessentially Japanese car. COOL!

You mean there is other stuff in there other than warnings! I was disspointed it didn't have full instructions on performing drifting manouvres, as per the brochure...