Got Manuals...?

Time and time again I read posts on forums from guys asking questions about their vehicles that I know are addressed in the repair manuals available at most auto parts stores. While it may be true that these manuals may not be as good as dealer or other pro-mech shop manuals, they are at least good enough to help a guy research a problem and if not solve it at least be able to understand his problem well enough to ask a decent question on a forum.

Time and time again I see questions like: ‘Hey, my truck don’t run. WTF is wrong with it’? – and that is about as good as the question gets. And often times the Subject of the post isn’t much better. How do I know if I even want to take the time to read your posted question if you can’t tell me what it is about?

How the hell is someone supposed to help a guy resolve his issue if the poster can’t even ask a decent question that gives those of us willing to help some specifics to the problem like what year, make or model and what kind of motor, or at least some details of what the guy tried that did or did not work towards resolving the problem.

If you want help on a forum, first try to understand and fix your problem. If you get stuck then at least maybe you can ask a decent question and not just expect someone to jump in and fix it for you w/o any effort on your part.

End of rant…

Rant Credit: Driver

Rant Copyright: Trooper V6 © 2001