And I have an encyclopedia that is 5 times the size of your three manuals put togeather. Furthermore, Tolstoy's "War and Peace"contains many times more words than your manuals; not to mention the proposed Federal Budget. That cannot be matched for sheer size.
   The trouble is; if I want some info on a particular part on my Vanagon I think it would take quiet a while to find it in any of the above tomes. A similar difficulity would, I believe, present itself if one searched your "more comprehensive" Audi, Passat or Jetta manuals.
    What does this mean? Obviously Gross Registered Tonnage does not, in itself, mean a thing. In the 6 years I have had the Westy and the Bentley I have yet to search for something I did not find.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael Sullivan 
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 7:47 AM
  Subject: Re: Bentley really sucks

  Dear List,

  The Bentley manual for my Audi 200 is THREE TIMES the size of the Vanagon manual.
  The Bentley manual for my 1996 Passat is TWICE the size of the Vanagon manual.
  The Bentley manual for a 1997 Jetta is THE SAME length as the Vanagon manual.

  What does this mean? Obviously VW/Audi instructs Bentley to write "more comprehensive" manuals for their "more expensive" vehicles. In short: the Vanagon Bentley manual really does "suck" when compared to other Bentley's!!!!

  Cheers,
  MJS

  At 09:47 PM 5/2/99 -0700, Zezoff wrote:
  >I have Mercedes manuals and they are incredible. I suggest you all buy a
  >used Mercedes instead of VWs. I own both, so I speak from experience.
  >
  >The Westy is a 82 diesel. The Bentley manual gives me no clue at all.

  Michael J. Sullivan
  Director of Catalog Design
  Open Market, Inc.

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