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#6
library
If the library got it and they still might then I'd scan it in a heartbeat. The Honda gods might get angry if you publicly sent it to everyone, however. I'd rather not have a large corporation suing me.
#8
With all of the money being spent on mods and anal retentive devotion to Honda maintenance specs, you guys can't afford a Helms Fit Service Manual? It's the best money you will spend on the car.
If you had your own manual, you wouldn't have to wait hours, days or weeks for a member to post the answer to your questions- you'd have it available 24/7. Your first purchase after buying any new car should be the service manual.
If you have that for a reference, even if you only have the dealer or some other shop do your service work, you can tell in advance if somebody is giving you a b.s. diagnosis of your problem, or is trying to sell you unnecessary repair work.
If you had your own manual, you wouldn't have to wait hours, days or weeks for a member to post the answer to your questions- you'd have it available 24/7. Your first purchase after buying any new car should be the service manual.
If you have that for a reference, even if you only have the dealer or some other shop do your service work, you can tell in advance if somebody is giving you a b.s. diagnosis of your problem, or is trying to sell you unnecessary repair work.
#9
agreed
With all of the money being spent on mods and anal retentive devotion to Honda maintenance specs, you guys can't afford a Helms Fit Service Manual? It's the best money you will spend on the car.
If you had your own manual, you wouldn't have to wait hours, days or weeks for a member to post the answer to your questions- you'd have it available 24/7. Your first purchase after buying any new car should be the service manual.
If you have that for a reference, even if you only have the dealer or some other shop do your service work, you can tell in advance if somebody is giving you a b.s. diagnosis of your problem, or is trying to sell you unnecessary repair work.
If you had your own manual, you wouldn't have to wait hours, days or weeks for a member to post the answer to your questions- you'd have it available 24/7. Your first purchase after buying any new car should be the service manual.
If you have that for a reference, even if you only have the dealer or some other shop do your service work, you can tell in advance if somebody is giving you a b.s. diagnosis of your problem, or is trying to sell you unnecessary repair work.
#10
true that, but every other car I've ever owned, the service manual could be found at any autozone for $20. The Fit is one of the cheapest cars EVER and has one of the most expensive manuals I've ever seen in my life. Explain that logic to me. I'll buy it when I get my coilovers.
#12
haynes?
Is that for the true Honda manual? A Haynes or Chiltons isn't the same. $20, $100 blah blah I want it for free.
#13
I totally agree with you except that I'm short on cash right now. I just made whats called an "out of system request" at my local library. There were only 4 copies in the entire Midwest so I doubt I'll get my hands on it. You can bet I'll scan it if I do. Assuming I own the car 10 years from now I'll bite the bullet and shell out the cash. I'm going to try the free angles first.
#14
It is not true for the real Honda manual. And BTW, Chilton used to have the better quality of manual compared to Haynes. But guess what? Haynes bought Chilton. If and when a Haynes/Chilton manual is published for the Fit, you still will not find all of the Honda manual's tech. info. in the off-the-shelf parts store manual.
#15
old school
I wish Honda would be a little more reasonable on the manual's cost. I'll pay some day down the road. When you're covered in grease, angry as hell, amped up on caffeine and need information fast I'd prefer to have the "old school" paper manual in my hand out in the garage. Cleaning up, going inside and bringing up the PDF file I created of the scanned manual won't be the same. I probably shouldn't say what everybody knows but scanning the libraries version isn't exactly "kosher" legally, is it? If they'd price it at say $50 then I might be more "liberal" about getting it.
#16
true that, but every other car I've ever owned, the service manual could be found at any autozone for $20. The Fit is one of the cheapest cars EVER and has one of the most expensive manuals I've ever seen in my life. Explain that logic to me. I'll buy it when I get my coilovers.
#17
none?
That's hard to believe! Did you look on Haynes website? If the "official" $100 Honda manual is all that's available then that would be controversial.
#18
library
It's kind of strange that after thinking about it my library search also brought up no Haynes manual for the Fit. Haynes must sell such things. There's not THAT many fits sold yet. It couldn't be that a relatively few # of cars combined with relative newness, in the states anyway, and superb dependability might make demand for a Haynes manual limited? I'm clueless. I want the manual just not $100!
#19
did you look? I certainly did before i posted.
#20
I just downloaded and un RARed the files and tried it. It has stuff for the fit/jazz that covers 2003-2005. Could be helpful.
Its a service manual.
funny what a simple google search yielded.
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Its a service manual.
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Last edited by nodrogkam; 09-19-2008 at 02:40 PM.