Manuals/Bentley vs. Haynes

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <344FA942.168@qnet.com> Ken writes:

> I concur with Scott.  The Bentley is made for mechanics.  I'd almost say 
> German ones at that.  The Bentley is a guide.  Very detailed, but no
> real 
> instructions in it.
> 
> The Haynes (in the words of Denzel in Philadelphia), "Explains it to you 
> like your a 2 year old."

Bentley manuals are literal translations of the original German Audi manuals.  
You can easily see, looking at a Bentley manual, that they have copious 
authority (from guess who?) to use the 'Audi' name and logo.

Haynes manuals are part of a series produced by the Haynes company by carefully 
dismantling new vehicles.  As a series, they have a value of their own.

You will not find, I suspect, an explicit statement of how the camshaft gear is 
aligned against the timing cover in a Bentley - it isn't in the original German 
manual, because it's a 'given' for I5 engines.  You _will_ find it in the 
Haynes manual.

-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club