[sidd25]

I always wonder how many people actually read the whole manual provided my the company before they actually start using it.

Lets cast out vote and know the truth.

[sdp1975]

Yes I did for my second car immediately after buying it. For my first car, I read it a lot later after buying it.

[prateekm]

I have a Honda Dio and the manual they gave with it is in Hindi (or is it Marathi? Whatever, don't understand a word) and the showroom says you don't get English ones in Maharashtra. Just open it once in a while to remove the free service coupons

I studied the Fiat Linea Owner's Handbook, not once or twice, but many times. So, I voted for 'Yes'.

[vivekiny2k]

usually I keep the manual of any new gadget with the gadget itself and while travelling i read it. But I can't read the car's manual while driving. I haven't read the manual fully, only because I already had a driving experience when I bought the car.

[Ponmayilal]

I always make it a point to go through the manual of any equipment/gadget I buy before putting it into action - my Ritz car included. The Ritz manual is not variant-specific and explains all features of the other Ritz variants too. What is not specific to my VXi variant, I score off with a pencil so that whenever I refer to it I get into the specifics of my vehicle.

[GTO]

*Sheepishly admits* : Nope, haven't read the poorly organised Jeep manual (contains info on a host of Jeeps besides the Classic), the Indigo (nothing to read ), the Civic (straight-forward car) nor the Benz (would have to take a 1 month sabbatical from work to read all of 'em 750 pages ).

Maybe I should read them up sometime over the weekend. Could learn a thing or two.

[indian21r]

sure you do learn some things

only after I read the manual did I realize that 2 wheeler Indicator should be pushed in to stop. Prior to that I always needed 3 or 4 tries to stop it blinking

[ikoneer]

Yes, i read through the entire manual especially to understand what the small small indicators in the dash indicate

Edit:
@GTO: 750 pages? Isnt that a bit too much. I wonder what on earth can they have put in that user manual

[meghan]

Originally Posted by prateekm

I have a Honda Dio and the manual they gave with it is in Hindi (or is it Marathi? Whatever, don't understand a word) and the showroom says you don't get English ones in Maharashtra. Just open it once in a while to remove the free service coupons

I think all Honda 2 wheeler manuals come in 2 languages - Hindi if you open from one side and English on the other. I have checked atleast 3-4 of my friends' Honda manuals and all are like that

[shancz]

Bumping an old thread I was routed to from Jeroen's post (New trend of not providing Printed Owners Manual + Service Booklet is wrong).

I have read the manuals, out of interest and took pics of important stuff like maintenance schedule, oil capacities and grades as a quick reference on the phone.

[aargee]

Starting with Activa 2005, then CBR 250R 2011, SCross 2017 & Interceptor 2021, I'll have to say a BIG YES. For Rx, I happened to read not just the owner's manual, but also service manual completely, but that happened somewhere in late 2009 after owning 2 Rx in 10 years.

Interestingly, only for SCross & Activa I happened to read after buying them, but for CBR after booking during the waiting period & for Interceptor much before even booking the motorcycle.

[DicKy]

As a person who religiously reads anything, even the small sachets or the newspapers used as packaging material, it would be criminal to not read the owner's manual of your own car!

Not just to know your car's details, but also would be needful for future maintenance at FNGs.

[Samfromindia]

Totally, both the physical and the digital copy in full. As a matter of fact, I tend to download manual of all product I intend to buy beforehand so I can be more familiar and ready when I finally aquire it