[08blackrt]

Some of the manuals are a bit "dry" to the point of being almost coma inducing. A lot of them seem to put the info in a random sort of way that almost repels people from reading it. If you've ever read a Ham Radio manual from Icom or Kenwood, you will know how bad a manual for a complicated device can be, the info is all over the place, with no real order to it. Yaesu does the best ones, now, but their old manuals were pretty bad too.

 

[cudatom73]

I'll admit that I'm one that never reads the entire manual. Most of the info should be known. I mean come on if you can't figure out how to turn on the headlights, work the cruise control and 90% of the other features on a car you probably shouldn't be driving.
However if there is something that I cannot figure out on my own I will get the info I need by looking it up in the manual. I'm not going to come on a forum and ask a question because I'm to lazy to look it up. But unfortunately that is part of how our society is now. People just want to be handed the answers to everything w/o having to expend any energy to figure it out on their own.

 

[caj]

I'll admit that I'm one that never reads the entire manual. Most of the info should be known. I mean come on if you can't figure out how to turn on the headlights, work the cruise control and 90% of the other features on a car you probably shouldn't be driving.
However if there is something that I cannot figure out on my own I will get the info I need by looking it up in the manual. I'm not going to come on a forum and ask a question because I'm to lazy to look it up. But unfortunately that is part of how our society is now. People just want to be handed the answers to everything w/o having to expend any energy to figure it out on their own.

You'd be surprised the number of owners that are too lazy to look in the manual themselves. They would rather take the time to type their question here and wait for who knows how long for an answer. I really don't get it. The answer is right at their fingertips.

 

[usaffrank]

You'd be surprised the number of owners that are too lazy to look in the manual themselves. They would rather take the time to type their question here and wait for who knows how long for an answer. I really don't get it. The answer is right at their fingertips.

Perhaps we should start responding to those kind of posts with RTFM until they grasp the concept.

 

[caj]

Perhaps we should start responding to those kind of posts with RTFM until they grasp the concept.

:bigthumb: agreed

 

[Kean]

I'm right there with you Frank. I'm also surprised at the abundance of misinformation on these forums as well. Even with topics covered in the manual some folks feel the need to make up answers as to how/why certain features work, etc.

Also, like some others here, I typically research the heck out of a vehicle prior to purchase. With the Challenger, I had a good grasp on the common problems folks were having, TSB's, characteristics, features/options, etc.

....you're not alone.

 

[DJR]

What's "RTFM"? :icon_wink:

 

[2008_orange]

Agree completely. What else bugs me is folks asking simple ass questions that have been beaten to death revived and beaten some more cause they couldnt do a quick search.

To be fair, the search feature on this forum kinda sucks...

 

[usaffrank]

What's "RTFM"? :icon_wink:

Read The uh... Freakin' Manual.