To whom it may concern...

What do you expect from Haynes ? Useless idiots.

Graham

Well, 90% useless; some 10% might be useful as there is no other book. The wiring diagrams in the back can be quite useful.

My first car was a Mk 1 Cortina Estate 1500 deluxe.

Back then, you could get various manuals. The Haynes was by far the worst.

Need I say more ?

Graham

It was more common to work DIY on cars. No ECU, just a carb and a spark distributor. But engines required constant fiddling and adjustments. Modern cars are more un-inviting for DIY. I saw a film about a Honda Insight Hybrid car. There was a lady motor journalist and a Honda representative. She then asked the question on everybody's lips: "How long does the batteries last?". "Oh", said the Honda representative, "Longer than the lifetime of the car". I chuckled over that answer, maybe a Freudian slip?... My 1993 9000 just passed MOT today.

I always find that the Haynes manual has everything needed to work on the car - except what you really need :-)

For example, they'll have great detail on how to do the incredibly obvious steps in a repair, then when you get to the one that's really unique to that car/component and requires detailed instructions and a photo, it will say 'proceed to remove the component'. They never fail to let me down just when I finally need help.

Those tappets !

If I still had my '93 model I'm sure it would too. The emissions figures always stunned me compared to the limits. The engine had ~ 165,000 mi on it. Barely run in.

Graham

Spot on !

My experience too.

Graham

Graham

Are you from Yorkshire? :-)

Charles

It had everything I ever needed for my two classic 900s and I had to do everything but dismantle a gear box.

I now pay SAAB to have it done :-(( too old to crawl under the car in the middle of winter.

C.

Charles C gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

The Haynes Book of Lies for the c900 is an absolute comic compared to the Bentley manual.