The car was used, ding-dong. If it was a new car, I could see you argument, but to make Mazda or any dealer for that matter stock back manuals and give them out for free seems like an awful lot. Show me any auto manfuacturer that does that. And oh yeah, if you're spending 25K as you say on a car (Who pays 25K for a used 04 RX???) you have access to the internet whether it be at home, with a friend, the local library, or heaven forbid, Kinkos. So whos stupid now bitch!

You're probably the same type person who thinks the Nav update discs should be free because it's a Mazda, even though Benz charges $200 for their upgrade discs.

Ok, so now you want to it out of the original context by bashing me on the price? That price is tax, title, interest, and whatever other fees wrapped up into one price you moron, because yeah, if someone were to spend that much on THE CAR ITSELF I'd see your point.

But as for the "stupid now bitch" part of your statement, that'd be you. =)

wow,

what is your beef.. you did not look for an owners manual before you bought a used car??? did you research the history? or the service on the car...

the owners manual you have... how? research after the sale... not the best way to buy a car.

beers :beer:

Yawn, you brought up the price by trying to defend why you should get a free manual on a 3+ year-old car as opposed to downloading it from the web and playing the "woe is me" game with regards to not everyone having internet access. All I did was point out the holes in your argument, specifically that if you can afford 25k for a car, you have access to the Internet (and since you are posting on here, you prove it!!!). As to the price, who knows if that is good or not (your car could be clean, with extremely low miles, etc... but 25k out the door still seems high given that people are getting new cars out the door for the same price. At the end of the day, if you're happy with you car, that's all that matters.

At the end of the day who is responsible for buying a car without a manual? That'd be you, as you bought the car and didn't check for one. It's not Mazda, not the used car dealer, not the prior a-hole owner who is probably selling it on ebay. And where is the cut-off, is in a 3 year old car or a 20 year old car? So when I buy my bitchin' Smokey and The Bandit Trans Am and it's missing the manual, I should call up my local Pontiac dealer and tell them to hook me up for free?

Answer me this: Why do you feel you are entitled to a free hardcopy of the manual for your car? I am yet to hear a good argument for why you should get it. Give me a good one, and hell I'll buy it for you. Just like Judge Smails said in Caddyshack, "We're waiting!!!".

Ok, so you've got somewhat of a point there, but the car is also a Mazda Certified used car as well, and I'm sure you already know what all that entails. Since this all initially started with you bashing on someone for saying "No wonder why Mazda ranks so low in customer service", you'd think if the company can provide a 12 month bumper to bumper warranty and a 36 month powertrain warranty (after the remaining factory warranty), you'd think they could afford to put a missing 40 buck manual inside the car as well. Hell, mark the car up another 40 dollars after the fact for all I could care...my point is, when the customer brings the car home and can't figure out how to set or manipulate anything because they didn't get a owners manual when they bought it, they might tend to get a bit ticked off, and that would relate to customer service ratings being lower than most. You're right, buying a "smokey and the bandit trans am" and asking for a manual from pontiac would be ridiculous, but I'm not talking about buying a car from Joes Garage that's been around since the dawn of time.

You know, frankly the only reason I shot back at you initially was because of your ignorance in bashing someone just making a simple comment. Everyones entitled to their own opinion you know, so you should learn to be a little more respectful of others.

And one other thing, when you show me where you can buy a new RX-8 out the door for 25k, let me know. I'd like to take a look at that car.