When was the last time to saw this much detail in an owner’s manual?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 04/22/2020 at 21:19 • Filed to: None

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This manual  is as old a me, but in better shape...

facw > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/22/2020 at 21:41

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To be honest, there’s not much reason for that level of detail. Most users don’t need those schematics, they just need to know the maintenance schedule, and how the car reports errors . For the few who do need that detail, they need more detail than is provided. So mainly it just looks cool (which is fine, and reason enough to include it, but that’s a design decision rather than a sign that owners manuals are lacking (there are other signs of that).    

fintail > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/22/2020 at 22:16

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Fintail is pretty similar, I think,   The transmission has its own manual with a lot of technical data and diagrams.  A German thing, no doubt.

Jim Spanfeller > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/23/2020 at 00:19

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I think my Thunderbird’s manual mostly just talks a lot about how magnificent and refined the Thunderbird is, and how if you own a Thunderbird, you have transcended the level of ordinary human being and have achieved the mystical level of “Thunderbird P erson”. I kept laughing while reading it, because I already bought the car! You don’t need to keep advertising it to me! Fun fact: The Thunderbird manual never uses the word “drive”. Instead, it uses the word “Thunderbird”. As a verb. As in “I’m going to Thunderbird to the theater and watch an opera, ” or “I Thunderbirded to the store to buy some caviar es cargot wine,” or “That old man is Thunderbirding erratically, someone should take away his license!”

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Jim Spanfeller 04/23/2020 at 00:25

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“That old man is Thunderbirding erratically, someone should take away his license!” Is there any other way of Thunderbirding?

DutchieDC2R > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/23/2020 at 02:25

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I have that exact manual!

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > DutchieDC2R 04/23/2020 at 07:36

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Is yours from 1967 as well? I’m guessing that they didn’t change the design very often.

DutchieDC2R > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/23/2020 at 08:06

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I'll have to check, but I think it is.

ranwhenparked > Jim Spanfeller 04/23/2020 at 17:18

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Reminds me of how MINI really tried to make Motoring™ a thing. You didn’t take an aimless drive around back roads in your MINI, you went Motoring™ in the country.