[s-cars] Bently Paper Manual

[Wylie Bean]

No worries Dave.  As you know I agreed with the price and defended it here openly.  I really wasn't aware of the origin of the IMHHEO but my comment was meant in jest knowing that I had defended the values and thinking that fact wasn't a secret.  
Wylie Bean
90 cq
91 90q20v
92 UrS4
08 Q7

-----Original Message-----
From: David Forgie <forgied at shaw.ca>
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:05:11 
To: <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
Cc: Nicholas<applen at gmail.com>; <s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com>; S-CAR list<s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Bently Paper Manual

Wylie: The In My High Horse Elitish Opinion (IMHHEO(tm)) was an in-joke to counter comments
 by Emre Washburn on the old Audiworld S-cars forum.  I haven't used that in years as you should 
know.

As for my comments about the price and value of the 3 volume Bentley C4 manuals, I will stand by
 my comments directed specifically at Nicholas.  If you do work on your own UrS4/S6, the manuals
 easily pay for themselves the first time you complete a job. The fact that there are UrS-car DIYs
 available on the internet does not negate the need for the Bentleys to confirm or deny the content of
 the DIYs.  For those that do not mind staring at computer screen, the CD version is a viable
 alternative.  However, if you are trying to track down a wiring issue, a CD will not help much
 because you often need to have two pages tagged simutaneously.

IMO

Dave F. 

----- Original Message -----
From: Wylie Bean <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
Date: Monday, January 9, 2012 3:19 pm
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Bently Paper Manual
To: Nicholas <applen at gmail.com>, s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com, David Forgie <forgied at shaw.ca>
Cc: S-CAR list <s-car-list at audifans.com>

> Nick,
> Dave didn't trademark the IMHHEO acronymn by accident!  :)
>  
> 
> Wylie Bean
> 90 cq
> 91 90q20v
> 92 UrS4
> 08 Q7
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicholas <applen at gmail.com>
> Sender: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 16:05:34 
> To: David Forgie<forgied at shaw.ca>
> Cc: s-car-list<s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Bently Paper Manual
> 
> "The others were too polite" to me?
> 
> wow!
> 
> This list continues to amaze.
> 
> Maybe my perception of "reasonable" pricing is different than yours
> but I don't see how that should have afforded me less respectful
> responses.
> 
> Hopefully I'm miss-reading your response or have turned off my
> sarcasmeter prematurely.
> 
> I don't have a paper Bentley for my urS4 and have never tried to buy
> one. But I do know that I bought a used (paper) Bentley for a 
> car that
> is 6 years older than my S4 (and similarly out-of-print) for $50 from
> a person on a corresponding chassis-specific-list for my other German
> car.
> 
> My apologies for assuming that depreciation (instead of 
> inflation) or
> (any) price negotiation would occur in such a similar
> situation/community. I clearly see that a lot of you are willing to
> buy and sell for that price or higher: that's great!
> 
> I would also like to apologize for any discomfort I've caused here.
> 
> Respectfully,
> -Nick
> 
> On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 12:27 AM, David Forgie 
> <forgied at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > Nicholas:  The others were too polite to you.  You have no 
> clue about the
> > value of the paper
> > version of the 3 volume (each about 2.5" thick) C4 Bentley 
> manuals.  They
> > are no longer in print
> > and only rarely come up for sale. $275 is a very reasonable 
> price.  I would
> > gladly pay that for a
> > set if I didn't already have a set (that took me about 5 years 
> to find).
> > James's offer and price
> > are completely fair and also a service to the UrS community 
> and this list in
> > particular.
> >
> > Dave F.
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