Re: Green?

From	David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid>
Newsgroups	uk.tech.digital-tv
Subject	Re: Green?
Date	2026-09-04 12:11 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<117e905$fm2k$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 04/09/2026 10:30, Bob Latham wrote:
> In article <117drmq$do1v$1@dont-email.me>,
>     JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:
> 
>> All it tells you is how to change the batteries in the remote
>> control and a couple of very obvious warnings which I doubt that
>> many read.
> 
> I was reading somewhere the other day that in the 1960s and 70s car
> handbooks that came with the car, told how to gap the plugs, set the
> points and even adjust the tappets. Now they tell you not to drink
> the battery acid.

Why would a modern car manual contain such outdated info. Modern cars 
are pretty much maintenance free.  You needed to set the tappets often, 
they wore. Modern cars have hydraulic tappets that don't need setting. 
Plug gaps don't change and the have electronic ignition so no points or 
timing.

I checked my Tiguan manual. It does have warnings about battery acid, 
but they precede the instructions on how to check the acid level, and 
seem quite sensible given that in the UK most will not have not come 
into contact with battery acid before. It says:-

"Battery acid is caustic. Contact with battery acid – especially if 
swallowed – can cause severe burns."

so it doesn't say "don't drink the acid" but "if you do drink the acid, 
it will burn" which seems useful and necessary info given an American 
lady sued a microwave manufacturer after trying to use it to dry her cat.

It also has info on other things that need doing on a modern car such as 
downloading and installing map and software updates for the SatNav, 
Entertainment System and Operating Firmware.

The world has moved on...

> 
> Bob.
> 

Dave

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Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-04 08:24 +0100
  Re: Green? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-09-04 08:09 +0000
    Re: Green? Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-04 10:52 +0100
    Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-04 11:32 +0100
  Re: Green? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-09-04 10:30 +0100
    Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-04 11:31 +0100
      Re: Green? David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-09-04 12:18 +0100
        Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-04 23:09 +0100
          Re: Green? alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-05 10:00 +0100
        Re: Green? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-09-05 07:50 +0100
      Re: Green? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-05 09:37 +0100
        Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-05 20:55 +0100
          Re: Green? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-08 13:51 +0100
            Re: Green? Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-09-08 14:22 +0100
              Re: Green? Davey <davey@example.invalid> - 2026-09-08 15:00 +0100
                Re: Green? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-08 19:12 +0100
      Re: Green? alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-05 09:57 +0100
    Re: Green? Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> - 2026-09-04 11:46 +0100
      Re: Green? alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-05 10:02 +0100
    Re: Green? David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-09-04 12:11 +0100
      Re: Green? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-09-04 13:26 +0100
      Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-04 23:06 +0100
        Re: Green? David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-09-05 00:02 +0100
          Re: Green? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-09-05 06:15 +0000
            Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-05 08:15 +0100
            Re: Green? David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-09-05 09:19 +0100
          Re: Green? alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-05 10:12 +0100
          Re: Green? John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk> - 2026-09-06 20:40 +0100
            Re: Green? Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-07 09:00 +0100
              Re: Green? Dave W <davewi11@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-09-07 12:12 +0100
                Re: Green? Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-08 08:54 +0100
                Re: Green? Norman Wells <hex@unseen.ac.am> - 2026-09-08 09:04 +0100
                Re: Green? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 08:13 +0000
                Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-08 10:10 +0100
                Re: Green? NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-09-13 21:28 +0100
                Re: Green? Indy Jess John <bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> - 2026-09-14 09:46 +0100
                Re: Green? Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-09-14 10:19 +0100
                Re: Green? Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-09-14 11:02 +0100
                Re: Green? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-09-14 19:07 +0100
                Re: Green? Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-09-14 21:54 +0100
                Re: Green? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-09-15 05:34 +0000
                Re: Green? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-09-15 09:38 +0100
                Re: Green? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-09-15 08:48 +0000
                Re: Green? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-15 09:54 +0100
                Re: Green? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-09-15 09:37 +0100
                Re: Green? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-09-15 09:02 +0000
                Re: Green? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-09-15 09:27 +0100
                Re: Green? Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-09-15 10:36 +0100
                Re: Green? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-09-15 11:03 +0100
                Re: Green? Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-09-15 11:28 +0100
                Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-08 10:02 +0100
                Re: Green? Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-08 20:14 +0100
                Re: Green? Indy Jess John <bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> - 2026-09-12 00:33 +0100
                Re: Green? Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> - 2026-09-18 11:29 +0000
              Re: Green? John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk> - 2026-09-08 18:47 +0100
        Re: Green? alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-05 10:05 +0100
          Re: Green? Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> - 2026-09-05 11:21 +0100
    Re: Green? Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-09-04 12:12 +0100
      Re: Green? Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-09-04 18:31 +0100
    Re: Green? Indy Jess John <bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> - 2026-09-08 18:48 +0100

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