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Old Nov 4, 2003 | 09:31 AM
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# of 8 owners who have/haven't read owners manual

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How many people that own a Rx-8 have read or not read the manual.
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Old Nov 4, 2003 | 09:37 AM
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Big yes. About 16 times :D
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Old Nov 4, 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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Old Nov 4, 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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Old Nov 4, 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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Old Nov 4, 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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Old Nov 4, 2003 | 09:44 PM
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There's a manual?
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Old Nov 5, 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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Old Nov 5, 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.

Originally posted by eccles
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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Old Nov 5, 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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Old Nov 5, 2003 | 04:52 PM
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Originally posted by MEGAREDS
There's a manual?
Damn, you beat me to it!
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Old Nov 5, 2003 | 09:00 PM
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Lookin' kinda lop-sided.
Cover to cover here too.
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Old Nov 5, 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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Old Nov 5, 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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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 01:07 AM
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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...
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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 02:48 PM
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You can't operate the navigation system without first spending time with the manual!
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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 03:11 PM
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I opened it only to look at the maintenance schedule. That was it.
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