For most operational aspects of the car (Y) I hope that it's easy to
discover or figure out without a manual. One shouldn't really need a
manual to figure out how to use the radio, turn signal, adjust the
mirrors, etc. If it isn't reasonably obvious, there's a fundamental
problem with the design.
For the rest, a paper manual has its advantages but, if software
includes a good search (meaning the filtering and ordering of results is
appropriate), isn't it easier to search than to thumb through pages
(with print too small to read when you're on the side of a dark road) ?
I have found the most end-user manuals aren't worth the time to look at
anyway. They are usually so mundane and basic that the info that you're
looking for isn't there in the first place. So, for the Y, I'm not too
concerned about lack of paper.
Peri
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------ Original Message ------
From: "Lee Hart via EV" <[email protected]>
To: "Mark Hanson via EV" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Lee Hart" <[email protected]>
Sent: 22-Mar-21 3:31:26 PM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] Tesla Y Operating manual on EBay
Mark Hanson via EV wrote:
Hi folks
You would think I bought a $500 car not $55k with no operating manual in the
glove box just online. A guy on EBay prints them out and binds for the glove
box. I just put “Operating manual for Tesla Y” in the search. Now I’ll have a
reference when I question something instead of asking the great god google for
every piddly thing.
Like Mark, I prefer to have a real manual that I can read anywhere, any time.
But I also know the modern way is for products to have *no* manual; you are
expected to look everything up online.
Different strokes for different folks. I know people that never send letters;
only emails. Others that never use the doorbell; they call on their phone when
they're at our front door. Others who never place or answer a phone call; they
only text or tweet. Still others that never read a book, but will watch the
movie... as long as it's in color and not black-and-white. Welcome to life in
the 21st century!
Lee Hart
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just playing; they're experimenting, building and learning. That's
engineering! Then we get them in school and squash it out of them.
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