Honda Car Forum

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 05:57:31 GMT, SP@M.com (Bebop) wrote:

>Milleron <millerdot90@SPAMlessosu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Or how about giving the OP the benefit of the doubt and assuming that
>> he is at least as logical as you and therefore wouldn't go through
>> this whole process if he could look it up in 20 seconds?
>> Ron
>
>A logical person would fill the gas tank way before the low fuel light
>comes on.

And on what logic is that fantastic statement based?
Ron

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 07:03:52 GMT, Gus <GusPod@XXX.optonline.net>
wrote:

>Alias wrote:
>
>> Thanks, I READ IT FROM COVER TO COVER WHEN I BOUGHT THE DAMN CAR. I didn't
>> see a capacity for it which is why am posting this message here. If you
>> don't know or won't tell me, fine. Please don't play games.
>
>You might consider chilling a little, dude, you're the one begging for
>free info, after all.

Well he's also the one who's being called "stupid" by people who don't
even bother to understand the facts before casting their dispersions.
I can understand his attitude perfectly. He's responding to
inconsiderate persons who chose to denigrate him for asking an honest
question instead of helping him. They taught most of us in
kindergarten that if we don't have something nice to say to keep
quiet. Remembering that admonition could go a long way toward
shortening and improving the quality of Usenet threads.


Ron

Milleron <millerdot90@SPAMlessosu.edu> wrote:

> And on what logic is that fantastic statement based?
> Ron

A logical person would have never asked that question.

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 04:53:35 GMT, SP@M.com (Bebop) wrote:

>Milleron <millerdot90@SPAMlessosu.edu> wrote:
>
>> And on what logic is that fantastic statement based?
>> Ron
>
>A logical person would have never asked that question.

Oh. <genuflecting> Thank you, All-Wise Arbiter of Logic.

<IleneDover@mailcity.com> wrote in message
news:3F4B7485.E7BB764C@mailcity.com...
> The fuel tank capacity is listed in the owners manual.

Really!? Gee thanks Mike!

>The
> actual capacity is generally three or four gallons more than the
> fuel gauge will indicate.

So with a 13 gallon tank, when my gauge read "Full", I actually have 17
gallons?

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:

> In article <bigrmi$h0q$1@naig.caltech.edu>,
> mph@wopr.caltech.edu (Matthew Hunt) wrote:
>
>
>>Usenet is not meant to substitute for a pocket calculator.
>
>
> To judge from all the "how do I reset my maintenance require indicator"
> questions, it's actually meant to replace the manufacturer's written
> instructions.
>
> It's amazing how many people come here first, before cracking the book
> or using common sense--and then believe everything they read here.
>
Problem is, you have to know how to ask the question before you can look
it up in the owner's manual.

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.

Sometimes you have to know how to phrase the question properly before
you can get an answer.
--
aMAZon
zeszutko at nycap.rr.com
"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

In article <ErU3b.3404$yG2.854@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
aMAZon <zeszutkoNOSPAM@nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> > It's amazing how many people come here first, before cracking the book
> > or using common sense--and then believe everything they read here.
> >
> Problem is, you have to know how to ask the question before you can look
> it up in the owner's manual.

I've heard that excuse WAY too many times.

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.




> 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.

However, had you actually read your owner's manual when you got the car,
you would have seen that and remembered it.

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.

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:

> In article <ErU3b.3404$yG2.854@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
> aMAZon <zeszutkoNOSPAM@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
>>>It's amazing how many people come here first, before cracking the book
>>>or using common sense--and then believe everything they read here.
>>>
>>
>>Problem is, you have to know how to ask the question before you can look
>>it up in the owner's manual.
>
>
> I've heard that excuse WAY too many times.
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
>>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.
>
>
> 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."