yeah, i prefered the old style haynes manuals tbh. ive got a big pile of them from past cars etc... you never know when they will come in handy
Aye right, just like my 20 years of Practical Car Mechanic and my 12 years of Volkswagen Drivers - I get sore ears hearing about how much space they take up. I've been quite good about moving my old Haynes books on, so now all I've got is a Haynes UK market Passat B5 one + a Haynes USA market Passat inc A4 B5 one + a Haynes Fabia one + a Haynes Polo one (Fabia book was launched a couple of years before the Polo one). You think the redesign is bad (I agree), but you want to see the USA market (and written) Haynes books, anti-litagation crap and folk seem to live wearing Hawian shirts and baggy shorts and weight 50Kg - scary, but it does include my model with its 2.8V6 engine and 4WD. My Ford ones got moved on, but my VX Cav (2000 GSI 4X4) one might still be at work to escape getting dumped (and has been for the past 11 years).
One thing that women (or men that buy them!) should understand, car mags and manuals are not, like "women's monthly" mags that repeat themselves every two years or two months - car mags are full of good stuff!! (well I'm sticking to my story anyway).