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Re: 2009 Owner's Manual [nimimi]
by steve_ HOST
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Nov 24, 2008 (4:04 pm)
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Replying to: nimimi (Nov 24, 2008 3:51 pm)
It's really irritating. I'm semi-seriously car shopping right now (in fact, I have a loaner Honda Fit overnight). The dealer didn't leave the owner's manual in the glove box but I'm reading the pdf version right now.
I've test driven the Matrix and am considering a Scion, but it's a real disadvantage not having easy access to the manual (when I last bought new back in '98, I made the salesperson find me a manual to read, so I'm a bit nuts about the issue anyway  ).
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Re: 2009 Owner's Manual [steve_]
by nimimi
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Nov 24, 2008 (4:14 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 24, 2008 4:04 pm)
There is a laborious and time-consuming process to get the owner's manual in pdf form: on the Toyota owners website, it's possible to do a search of the owner's manual for some common term (such as " "), open all the returned documents (which is, essentially, a separate file for each chapter, the introduction, table of contents and the index and then save them. Then, if you have Adobe Pro, you can combine all the pdf's into one document. I don't think it's worth it, however. It's probably better to buy a 24 subscription to Toyota's technical website and download whatever you want!
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Re: 2009 Owner's Manual [nimimi]
by steve_ HOST
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Nov 24, 2008 (4:27 pm)
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Replying to: nimimi (Nov 24, 2008 4:14 pm)
Ah, I didn't realize that was possible. Downloading by chapter is fine; I initially did that for my Nissan before the full text was available in one file. Someone out there somewhere has probably done all this (let us know when you find it  ).
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Re: 2009 Owner's Manual [steve_]
by irismg
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Dec 02, 2008 (4:02 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 24, 2008 4:04 pm)
Won't this work for you regarding the Matrix? There's a place for accessing the owner's manual there. My '98 Corolla is registered here, but the manuals don't go back that far for it.
Toyota Owners site
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Re: 2009 Owner's Manual [steve_]
by nimimi
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Dec 02, 2008 (4:29 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 24, 2008 4:27 pm)
Well . . . I downloaded each chapter and combined them into one PDF file (missing a few tables of content for some chapters). I'd post it somewhere, however, I don't know where.
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Re: 2009 Owner's Manual [nimimi]
by steve_ HOST
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Dec 02, 2008 (5:49 pm)
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Replying to: nimimi (Dec 02, 2008 4:29 pm)
I think Google Docs is set up for public file sharing of documents. Probably several others.
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Re: 2009 Owner's Manual [steve_]
by nimimi
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Dec 02, 2008 (6:40 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Dec 02, 2008 5:49 pm)
Google docs has a 10MB limit. The manual is 29MB. Do you know of a site that will accept a file this large?
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Re: 2009 Owner's Manual [nimimi]
by steve_ HOST
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Dec 02, 2008 (8:32 pm)
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Replying to: nimimi (Dec 02, 2008 6:40 pm)
Heh, that's a big file. Now I see why you have to d/l many of them chapter by chapter. The pdf for my minivan was just over 1MB. Maybe it could be compressed or something, but I'm not up on .pdf files.
Don't know of other free places to host it. Anyone?
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New member - New RAV4
by ravigator
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Dec 03, 2008 (9:49 am)
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Hello all,
Wife has new 2008 Sport V6 4WD. Just returned from 2k mile trip. MPG averaged 24. One tank at 21. Once we got 26. Handled great. Very good throttle response.
Very comfortable. Good visibility. So far so good.
Question...Anything we should be looking out for?
Found only one TSB for the tire air valve.
thanx
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Tire Valve
by ginsvallo
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Dec 03, 2008 (7:06 pm)
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What was the TSB for the tire valve about?
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