WRX e-bay "Serive Manual"

Old Aug 22, 2003 | 11:09 AM
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WRX e-bay "Serive Manual"

The full paper back service manuals cost around $300 I think.

I was thinking of get a *backup* copy from e-bay. Just wondering about the quality of these if anyone out there has one.

link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6762

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Old Aug 22, 2003 | 11:13 AM
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CD

I actually sell these on ebay, I've sold over 125. I actually have all the factory manuals so I had them scanned and converted into adobe format and put on a cd. The ones I sell are totally awesome and come complete with winzip and Adobe Acrobat on the CD. Email me if you want one ( angel_diaz55@hotmail.com), they are just $10. I take Paypal, you can send it to my email address. Oh yeah, check my feedback on ebay, my ID is 1fstrex.

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Old Aug 22, 2003 | 01:00 PM
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I believe i bought mine from sub-zero. legit stuff, and very pleased.
Old Aug 22, 2003 | 01:14 PM
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ummm no offense, but this aint legit.

scanning a copyrighted work such as the paper factory manual and then selling them, is illegal...

do the right thing, pay for a 3 day access fee to techinfo.subaru.com. cost $20.

then download all the info your can handle. at www.imperszawrxsti.com, some dude started a project there and someone else wrote a download script to handle just about everything STi.

i got my 3 day access and got all the stuff needed.

btw, everything and anything subaru is there too!

oh i forgot, everything on that site is a PDF format, straight from the document maker's themselves...

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Old Aug 22, 2003 | 06:58 PM
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Oh I forgot to mention. These CD's are for backup purposes only. Only people who have the actual hard copies should purchase them.

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Old Aug 22, 2003 | 07:19 PM
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Right...

Actually, many, many people have these on CD, we did a mass distrubution at UCKK twice. There was no money involved other than the possible reimbursment for the CD-Rs used by a few members. So, you might just ask, and someone will copy the CD for you. NO illegal sales involved.

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Old Aug 22, 2003 | 08:09 PM
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Originally posted by ldivinag
ummm no offense, but this aint legit.

scanning a copyrighted work such as the paper factory manual and then selling them, is illegal...

do the right thing, pay for a 3 day access fee to techinfo.subaru.com. cost $20.

then download all the info your can handle. at www.imperszawrxsti.com, some dude started a project there and someone else wrote a download script to handle just about everything STi.

i got my 3 day access and got all the stuff needed.

btw, everything and anything subaru is there too!

oh i forgot, everything on that site is a PDF format, straight from the document maker's themselves...

sorry, let me rephrase. what i meant by legit was that it is a soft copy of the actual books, and exactly what i needed to save myself $300 bucks. is it illegal? yes. but so is your anti-cat-pup-ipe, i mean catless uppipe.
Old Aug 22, 2003 | 09:00 PM
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LOL that's so true. man it ain't any less legal than your exhaust lol
Old Aug 23, 2003 | 01:29 AM
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Talking

Originally posted by laurex
sorry, let me rephrase. what i meant by legit was that it is a soft copy of the actual books, and exactly what i needed to save myself $300 bucks. is it illegal? yes. but so is your anti-cat-pup-ipe, i mean catless uppipe.
STi's only come with 2 cats... in the middie and the downie. non in the uppie...
Old Sep 9, 2003 | 10:20 AM
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If somebody has this on CD, and could make a copy and bring it to UCKK or Big Dogs that would be much much teh cool.

I would be willing to compensate in blank CDR's or in doughnuts/spicy chicken sandwitch

just give me a PM
Old Sep 9, 2003 | 11:07 AM
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Re: Service Manuals

Originally posted by sheairs
I was just wondering, what do you do when there's an update to the service manual? I've seen shop manuals at dealerships with stickers in them saying that the pages have been revised. If you have a CD copy of the manual, how do you know it's the right information?

Just wondering...
since the chances of this ebay version is as legal as a 15 y/o hooker, that version might be a few months, out of date.

be legit and pay $20 for a 72 hour download session at

techinfo.subaru.com
Old Sep 10, 2003 | 04:59 PM
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Originally posted by wrxn'sx
I would be willing to compensate in blank CDR's or in doughnuts/spicy chicken sandwitch
nobody likes spicy chicken sandwitches??
Old Sep 10, 2003 | 09:15 PM
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Do you make the local meets? If you make UCKK or the Saturday Sacramento meets you can ask me in person about where to get one.
Old Sep 10, 2003 | 10:28 PM
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(Not that I care, but I love pointing out when people mistake numbnut thinking for good logical ideas...)

What cracks me up is the idea that "backup only, you must already own them logic" doesn't make this any more legal. If you call up Subaru to order or go to the dealership to order a "backup copy" of your manual, guess what? Yer gonna pay the same price you paid for the original set. Unless permission is some how expressed, Subaru has the only right to copy, sell or distribute or authorize use.

Is it more or less legal than a catless uppipe? No. Is it more or less legal than murder? No.

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