Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:

> In article <ErU3b.3404$yG2.854@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
> aMAZon <zeszutkoNOSPAM@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
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>>>It's amazing how many people come here first, before cracking the book
>>>or using common sense--and then believe everything they read here.
>>>
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>>Problem is, you have to know how to ask the question before you can look
>>it up in the owner's manual.
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> I've heard that excuse WAY too many times.
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> If you can't (a) figure out ways to look up the information, or (b) just
> read the damned owner's manual (and realize just how much about your car
> you DON'T know), then you're not fit to be on the road.
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>>I didn't know about the "maintenance require indicator" until I read
>>about it here, in the newsgroup -- and then checked in my owner's
>>manual. Lo and behold, it was there, and the explanation made more
>>sense to me.
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> However, had you actually read your owner's manual when you got the car,
> you would have seen that and remembered it.

Not really. I did read the owner's manual, cover to cover, but not
needing the info at the time, it didn't signify anything.

> What possesses people to buy a $25,000 piece of equipment and NEVER read
> the owner's manual? That should be the first thing you do, is read the
> owner's manual.

Again, I did read the owner's manual. But sometimes, it's like reading
in a foreign language. You have to have some knowledge in order to
build more.

It was common in my neighborhood for folks to know just the "gozinta"
info for their vehicles. You knew it needed gas, of course, and you
were ahead of the curve if you knew how to check oil and do changes, let
alone check the other fluid levels.

I read my manuals on my various cars, learned what fluids were there,
and learned how to check them.

You're too quick to assume that just reading the owner's manual will be
a Guiding Light From Above to all who do read it.

--
aMAZon
zeszutko at nycap.rr.com
"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."