Audi Factory Manual

["Newman,Lawrence C." <lcn@mitre.org>]

I bought the Audi Factory Manual for my '89 200 put out by R. Bentley.
I have the 5 Series BMW manual published by Bentley as well.  I also
have or have had manuals for most of my cars for the last 40 years.  I
still have a couple of Master's Manuals for all U.S. cars of the late
30's and 40's.  However, I can't remember ever having such a hard time
extracting useful information from a manual in my life.  I was tracing a
starting problem that involved the solenoid and the ignition switch and
can find reams of wiring diagrams but thorough explanations for exactly
where each wire goes is still a bit of a mystery.  I accidently found a
diagram of a starter relay and I guess that is the solenoid.  The
troubleshooting flow chart is a good idea but the one for starter
problems seems to have left out the possibility of the transmission
neutral switch being responsible for no ignition switched current at the
starter solenoid.

The reason for this semi-rant is to ask if anyone else has trouble
locating relevant and accurate facts and direction in this manual?  Is
this a new classification scheme that I should understand better than I
do?  I also have the Haynes manual for the 1988 Audi's and, even though
incomplete, is organized in a recognizable way and contains information
that I expect: like how to take apart things fastened  strangely - such
as door panels.

Larry