Re: New to cars

Mr Haynes

Fine, as long as he's not related to the idiot who produces those books with the same name. ;-)

IMO, Haynes manuals are useless for learning /why/ something is there or /how/ something /should/ work.

They aren't very good for telling you how to take them apart or worse still put them back. Some collages offer courses in car maintenance with someone who in theory should know what they are doing.

I think they're great ;) alright the basic car manuals ain't the best source for learning but they do a huge range covering everything from welding to small-block Chevy lumps.

take another look :

Huh ? Hayne's manuals are an excellent source of info - I've made good use of mine, for all my cars,

So ? Why would you use a Hayne's for that ? It's simply a guide to taking your car apart.

Oranges are useless for playing CDs, but that's not what they're for.