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| JJ Member Since: 18 May 2009 Location: Winchester Posts: 932   
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Presumably it will fly by night. HR064 Hampshire and Berkshire 4x4 Response |
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13th Sep 2017 12:10pm |
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| tookaphotoof Member Since: 18 Mar 2013 Location: dordrecht Posts: 1279  
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Received a message from Amazon. Received a message from my courier... Wow... I'm excited!!!!
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13th Sep 2017 12:42pm |
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| X4SKP Member Since: 29 Nov 2013 Location: Berkshire Posts: 2295 
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Not me...ordered from Haynes at 4.00pm Monday... and on my desk this morning  Click image to enlarge Preorders should take preference i'd have thought... 
Good Luck... SKIP https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic83242.html |
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13th Sep 2017 1:25pm |
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| roliver Member Since: 24 Nov 2016 Location: Cambridge Posts: 60 
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Just spoke to them on the phone. The lady hadn't even realised it had been released yet. It sounds like it was shipped yesterday with no tracking number and will be with me in 'the next few days'.... not impressed!
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13th Sep 2017 1:27pm |
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| X4SKP Member Since: 29 Nov 2013 Location: Berkshire Posts: 2295
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Hello roliver
Humm  not really ideal...
Also my access code to the on-line Manuals (free for 14 days) that did work...now doesn't... 
Has the demand for Defender Maintenance crashed their server...
Inside the Haynes Manual however is the same as it ever was...it's like stepping back to the 70's Don't get me wrong it's still worth having, but I wish they had higher production values for the basic vehicle Manuals. The Restoration Manual at 1/3 the Price, is an all together better piece of publishing quality, hard back cover, white gloss paper and colour photos...I have got use to this on other Haynes Manuals (they have quite a good range for cycling). So for the Puma... you look to be back in the world of the Series Land Rovers...maybe appropriate in some way. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge SKIP https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic83242.html |
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13th Sep 2017 2:06pm |
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| zsd-puma Member Since: 09 Aug 2016 Location: Kent Posts: 2720 
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I'm still not seeing what all the excitement is about. Haynes manuals have been underwhelming for years.
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13th Sep 2017 9:05pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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Rang Haynes to check on delivery of my pre order..................They can't find any record of my pre order. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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15th Sep 2017 11:03am |
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| Pjembe Member Since: 21 Jul 2015 Location: Newbiggin by the Sea Posts: 143
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Just noted on the Haynes website that they are having their 'autumn sale' with 25% off all printed manuals. So the manual is reduced from to £22.99 to £17.24
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16th Sep 2017 11:44am |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831
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Hats off to the company they rang back after 30 minutes to explain that they have no record either on paper or computer systems even checked the bank card I used just in case it had been associated with someone else all negative. They took an order for the discounted price and threw in a one day delivery at no extra cost. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to us off.
Richard |
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16th Sep 2017 4:07pm |
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| Crofter Member Since: 19 Feb 2015 Location: Peterhead Posts: 169 
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Got my Haynes manual Friday so I am happier I do not have the same knowledge as you guys but its going to be very handy.
I had ordered it through Amazon. |
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16th Sep 2017 4:08pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17378 
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Is it actually any use? Does it, for example, cover a strip and rebuild of a transfer box (which I did today) or a diff, or does it do the usual annoying Haynes thing of saying "this is too difficult for you and also needs a special tool, leave it to a grown-up!"
Back in the '70s they used to be pretty good, but now they seem to be dumbed right down, as well as being printed on paper that seems to have been recycled several times already. |
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16th Sep 2017 4:51pm |
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| agentmulder Member Since: 16 Apr 2016 Location: Outer Space Posts: 1324 
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^^Ditto what Blackwolf asks.
Keen to know if it is actually useful, I'm doing OK with the rip of the topix info so far, but it is annoying not having page numbers ... Solved the bowel problem, working on the consonants... |
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16th Sep 2017 5:07pm |
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| DAZ110 Member Since: 06 Dec 2007 Location: East Sussex Posts: 2039 
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I see there is a picture on page 1.4 of the manual which says it's the TD5 engine
...so don't have much faith in it being very good. |
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16th Sep 2017 6:33pm |
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| kmac Member Since: 07 Oct 2009 Location: Middlesex Posts: 1309
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Agreed, they must have just used material from the older Defender manual
The picture quality and paper quality are terrible. But I'm sure there are some useful bits. |
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16th Sep 2017 8:32pm |
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