I agree, it's poorly constructed (the poll, not the manual).

 

Reading the manual is part of the fun of getting a car.

 

Read it cover to cover the week we bought our Fit. Bookmarked the Honda Owner Link web page and printed sections of the PDF manual for things like operating the USB drive.

 

Sometimes I just get in the driveway and turn on some music and just read away. I've found out so much about it. Matter of fact, I'm going to read it laters toady to find out which spark plugs are recommended and how often to change them.

 

I use to keep mine the the bathroom

 

ran out of paper?

 

Lol. No for reading

 

I read the "Game of Thrones" series in The Bathroom. I'm sophmorically amused by the irony.

 

Based on 50+ years running a shop and more than 5000 customers coming to us with 'problems' in the owner manual:
90% plus have no idea what the owner manual is, much less whats in it.

 

Your poll is missing the obvious option:

I read it when I bought the car. All of it.

 

I'm a bit surprised at the number saying they've looked at it even. I'll have to cook the results.

 

Read the whole thing, BEFORE I bought my Fit, because I found a copy online and downloaded it.

The reason I downloaded it and read it beforehand was because I had a specific application in mind, flat-towing it behind my RV. Every year, Motorhome Magazine publishes a "dinghy towing guide" that identifies all of the current-model-year cars that the manufacturer says are flat-towable (towed on their own four wheels, not on a dolly or trailer). They used to list the Honda Oddessy as flat-towable, but then published an amended owner's manual that said it wasn't. I wanted to make sure they hadn't done the same with the Fit.

I also printed out the two pages of the manual that gave instructions for flat-towing and laminated them. I keep a copy clipped to the driver's side visor for ready reference.

As a side benefit, when I went for my test drive, I knew more about the car than the salesman did. Except for the nav system; that was a separate manual and I wasn't able to download a copy in advance.

 

Hello PDF. I mostly read up on the navi so I can learn the voice options better.

 

i read mine, but then i researched this car for an entire year before i finally made the purchase. looking for common failures and recalls

 

So yeah... that's my book of worship. If ever I need answers to the many questions of a fit lifestyle, I find them there. Of course, I am referring to the OEM repair/service manual, not the pamplets that came with the car.

 

yeah but you're a 2nd level black-belt Honda alchemist. The general pop doesn't have access to the sacred text!

 

I've read the factory manuals. Too much legal crap, and the false notion that motor oil lasts a long time. Not in my engine!!, but I did use them to determine the procedure for resetting oil light....Oh yeah, and to change the clock for daylight savings time. Good stuff. But seriously, THE HONDA manual is the best bang for your buck for the DIYer. If you don't have it, get it! There is not a book in print that makes me smile more. Plus it doubles as a booster seat for the kids during the holidays. We all know the old yellow phone books just don't cut it anymore.

 

A great time to read the owners manual is while taking a crap lol.

 

We just need a modified version of this above the reply box to help with errant lazy folks making threads on topics that have been hashed to death.



All in favor?

 

Same here. I pull and read it the 1st night I have the car in the garage.