Re: A4 service manuals are available.

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

In message <3.0.32.19980920130407.006d2c40@pop.ma.ultranet.com> Paul Wilson writes:

> IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMBER BEFORE USING
>
> This manual is written and intended for use only by professional
> technicians, who have attended formal training courses for our vehicles and
> have access to special tools made specifically for repair of those
> vehicles. This repair manual is being made available to consumers in order
> to comply with *Federal Regulations*(emphasis is mine).
>
> Most repairs discussed should not be attempted by any person who does not
> have the necessary training and special tools reguired.
>
> blah,blah,blah,blah,blah,blah,blah,blah,blah.
>
> So, as I thought, VW/Audi is required by law to make service manuals for
> all their cars available to consumers, something they have not been doing.
> I find this kind of annoying.

I wish the Federal legislators thought it through and added tool
availability to the list.  Something like: "All service tools must be
made available at a rate of $5 per day."

(OK - allow for inflation somehow).

And I also wish the Federal legislators had jurisdiction over here.

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