"Timothy J. Lee" <remove22@sonic.net> wrote in message
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> In article
> <0d6771a1-fd71-43c0-83f0-21ae93f6e8ec@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com>,
> Joe <joe5345@gmail.com> wrote:
>>I did not get a user manual when I bought this car used.
>
> A tip for the next time you buy a used car: if the owner's manual
> is missing, consider it a negative point on the car, since a previous
> owner who lost the owner's manual was probably careless about car
> maintenance (especially since the owner's manual is the place to look
> up what maintenance needs to be done when).
>

I agree with you-- a missing owner's manual in a used car is a negative
factor-- possibly reflecting a careless previous owner.

For the last number of years though, many Japanese cars came with both an
owner's manual and a separate maintenance schedule/manual. If the latter is
missing, I'd really be concerned about how the car was driven and
maintained.