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[Yvan]

Is this any good? I have Audi 100. Should I buy?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=18334&item=4503700011&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

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[The Scarlet Pimpernel]

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:09:07 +0100, Yvan <me@privacy.net> wrote:

[Mike Buckley]

Well, I purchased what turned out to be a Mitchell manual on cd from eBay
(not this particular trader it has to be said) - total waste of money -
avoid. However, were you in the states, with a us spec car then perhaps it
would have been worth it. As it did not cover UK spec cars, it's not worth
having. Doesn't even make a decent coffee cup mat as it's a poor quality cd!

As with all things - "buyer beware".

Mike.

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[Yvan]

Nedavno The Scarlet Pimpernel pise:

| >Is this any good? I have Audi 100. Should I buy?
| >
| >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=18334&item=45
| >03700011&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
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| It all depends on who makes it. If its a Bently manual on CD then its
| 90% a sure thing. If its anything else... its crap.


For Audi 100 '89 Bentley makes only paper manual, and something called
"Official Factory Microfiche Archived on CD-ROM". What is this CD? Is it
this paper manual scanned and saved on CD?


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[daytripper]

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:52:46 +0100, Yvan <me@privacy.net> wrote:

[Yvan]

Nedavno Mike Buckley pise:

| Well, I purchased what turned out to be a Mitchell manual on cd from
| eBay(not this particular trader it has to be said) - total waste of
| money - avoid. However, were you in the states, with a us spec car
| then perhaps it would have been worth it. As it did not cover UK spec
| cars, it's not worth having. Doesn't even make a decent coffee cup mat
| as it's a poor quality cd!
|
| As with all things - "buyer beware".


OK. Thanks.




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[Yvan]

Nedavno daytripper pise:

| >For Audi 100 '89 Bentley makes only paper manual, and something
| >called"Official Factory Microfiche Archived on CD-ROM". What is this
| >CD? Is it this paper manual scanned and saved on CD?
|
| It is a compendium of the same microfiches that were photographs of
| the original printed manual...

English is not my native language, what is "microfiche", and what does
"compendium" mean?

If I understand correctly this CD contains all that is in paper manual,
with the same quality, and I can print what I want. Correct? No
hyper-links? How do you navigate, how to find what you need? Does it
have some application, like acrobat pdf reader or something?





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[daytripper]

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:26:50 +0100, Yvan <me@privacy.net> wrote:

[Yvan]

Nedavno daytripper pise:

| >English is not my native language, what is "microfiche", and what
| >does"compendium" mean?
| >
| >If I understand correctly this CD contains all that is in paper
| >manual, with the same quality, and I can print what I want. Correct?
| >No hyper-links? How do you navigate, how to find what you need? Does
| >it have some application, like acrobat pdf reader or something?
|
| Microfiche are essentially tiny photographs of printed material. The
| CD is loaded with images taken from those microfiche. There is
| precious little else, no application, no hyperlinks, you navigate the
| same way that you'd do so with the actual microfiche (which is to say
| it's a pain in the rear)...

Thanks.





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[KWS]

I have the Bentley CDROM manual which covers my 2000 A4. So far, it seems
like a reasonable manual but I agree with the poster who implied it is about
90% useful. Like a lot of manuals, it is not a total substitute for some
level of automotive understanding and skill. Compared to other shop manuals
I have seen, it seems about equal. It is, of course, superior in it's
content to Haynes and the like.

Ken

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