Jeez, Chilton... what a rip. (mini rant)
Kneale Brownson
knotnook at traverse.com
Tue Nov 19 12:34:02 EST 2002
At 12:11 PM 11/19/2002 -0500, Douglas Frank wrote:
>So, I was in Barnes & Noble the other day and drifted by the automotive
>section. Say, there's a Chilton's guide for the A4!
>
>So scanning through it, I checked out the stuff about removing the
>control arms and other crap to get at the front hub bearings. Hmm, the
>pix look maybe familiar...?
>
>Getting home, I pull out my Haynes A4 book and whaddayaknow, the *same*
>photos illustrate the procedure-- only *much* better quality. (Does
>anyone else keep their Haynes handy to the loo?)
>
>It looks like Chilton just rips pix off Haynes and blows them up-- their
>copies are a bit bigger, but very muddy: poor contrast and lousy resolution.
Or they BOTH got the pix from Audi?
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