New Yaris

roddydogs

My OH bought a new Yaris, the salesman told her "They dont have Handbooks, its all online" surely this is wrong, or is it all new cars nowadays?

dcouponzzzz

The handbook may be online, the logbook will still be with the car.

tykesi

It's 2016, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that the person buying has access to the wonderful world of the internet. Saves on the cost of printing so in some roundabout way could mean the car is £200 cheaper than it would have been (probably not but you know what I mean).


Think OP needs to catch up to the rest of us in the 21st century.

Iceweasel

roddydogs wrote: »

My OH bought a new Yaris, the salesman told her "They dont have Handbooks, its all online" surely this is wrong, or is it all new cars nowadays?

Not all - but certainly many.

Whether it's good, bad, wrong or a useful thing is up to the individual.

My BMW handbook is available both on-line and displayed on the dashboard sat-nav screen.

Likewise no service booklet to be stamped - all on-line.

No spare wheel - no jack - no tools.

What else can we do without - a driver perhaps - that's coming too.

roddydogs

Iceweasel wrote: »

Not all - but certainly many.

Whether it's good, bad, wrong or a useful thing is up to the individual.

My BMW handbook is available both on-line and displayed on the dashboard sat-nav screen.

Likewise no service booklet to be stamped - all on-line.

No spare wheel - no jack - no tools.

What else can we do without - a driver perhaps - that's coming too.

You forgot no CD player either!

roddydogs

tykesi wrote: »

It's 2016, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that the person buying has access to the wonderful world of the internet. Saves on the cost of printing so in some roundabout way could mean the car is £200 cheaper than it would have been (probably not but you know what I mean).


Think OP needs to catch up to the rest of us in the 21st century.

Is it also not beyond the rtealms of possiblity that some people, belive it or not dont have access to the internet. Pleas dont say "Go to the library or an internet cafe.

Strider590

Having recently taken a trip to Wales and seen more Yaris's than I ever want to see in my life again, I can say with some authority that most Yaris drivers are unlikely to even know how to access the internet.

BeenThroughItAll

roddydogs wrote: »

Is it also not beyond the rtealms of possiblity that some people, belive it or not dont have access to the internet. Pleas dont say "Go to the library or an internet cafe.

Why, though? It's a perfectly reasonable response to 'I don't have internet guv'.

The percentage of people who can honestly say they are without *any* access to the internet, whether at home (14% of households didn't in 2015), at work (the number of businesses without internet connectivity must be vanishingly small), or via a mobile device cannot be that high; and for those who really do not, libraries and internet cafes are good options.

almillar

Why not vote with your feet and buy a different car if you want a handbook/CD player? People seem to get their knickers in a knot over a spare wheel too, and then end up handing over the money to buy one.

David_Aston

Your so right about the spare tyre almillar. I did make a point about buying one for our previous Jazz, and then retaining it when we traded in.
Now, it has dawned on me that I likely wouldn't have the strength to change it myself anyway!
Ok, the AA or whoever turns out for the warranty would be doing it I guess.
Also, is it not the case that if you use the Gunk, that is provided with cars now, for a temporary repair, the tyre has to be scrapped anyway?

molerat

My Ford came with a full handbook but also had a sort of quick start guide as comes with most electronic equipment. How many people actually look at the full handbook anyway ?