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Old 01-27-2018, 10:21 PM
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Why does GM print a manual if nobody reads it ?
Old 01-28-2018, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BEZ06
But the Vette makes up for a lot - it goes almost twice as fast as the old Hueys I flew in Vietnam!!!
And no one shoots at you!
Old 01-28-2018, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by ricks327
I see BEZ answered your question, so I'll address how us old guys can be overwhelmed with the new technology in a C7 coming out of a C2. I purchased my C7 in Oct 2017, I had my son drive it home (700 miles) and since then I have about 300 miles of driving because of winter weather. Today was a nice winter day so I finally had a chance to get in the car to explore and drive with the Navigation system. The reason I bring this up is because this coming Tuesday, I leave on an extended cross country trip and I wanted to feel comfortable with the "Infotainment System". If you haven't explored that system with Navigation thoroughly, hang onto your hat! You want to find a clean restroom to take a chit, it will direct you. Do you want to know the weather while traveling along your 600 mile daily trip? It will advise you.
The trunk release button is a piece of cake, I had that on my 2014 Impala. The only thing the C7 won't do is comb your hair (if any) and brush your teeth.
C2's rule.
Take the top off, "it will comb your hair"
Old 01-28-2018, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by fyreline
When I first transitioned from the C6 to the C7, I spent a couple of weeks walking around with the owner's manual always with me, and read it a couple of times from cover to cover. Took a bit of heat from the wife and a few friends, but I got the answers to a lot of frequently-asked (and some not so frequently-asked) questions. More than a few trips out to the garage as I progressed from chapter to chapter, but after a while things became a lot easier and more intuitive. The manual is your friend, folks. No, it doesn't answer everything - but not to have read it at all is a huge mistake. Give it a try - I can almost guarantee you'll learn something about your C7 that you didn't know.
That sounds like me. The wife and my friends always make fun of me about my obsession of reading the owners manual to our "new" cars. Interrestingly, when they have a question about the car they ask me. I always respond, "That's in the owners manual".
Old 01-28-2018, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Foosh
LOL . . . that picture above is a really old-school aircraft. The is new school and much more intuitive.

777? Fanciest thing I ever flew was the 767.
Looks like the copilot gets to taxi too!
Old 01-28-2018, 01:47 PM
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787 and yeah how bout that . . . it's about time!
Old 01-28-2018, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by F4Gary
...Looks like the copilot gets to taxi too!
I flew the A-310 Airbus at PanAm in the late '80's up until Delta bought the int'l routes and the planes.

The 310 had a tiller for us First Officers and at PanAm we swapped off taxiing duty just like we flew alternate legs.

At Delta we copilots weren't good enough to taxi.

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Old 01-28-2018, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by wrecker3
Why does GM print a manual if nobody reads it ?
They print it for people who don't know how to use the internet.
Old 01-28-2018, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Foosh
787 and yeah how bout that . . . it's about time!
Crap, I meant 787. Duh.
Old 01-28-2018, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by lancekl
Take the top off, "it will comb your hair"
Put the top down many times in many convertibles but they never got the "comb" correct.
Old 01-28-2018, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Foosh
LOL . . . that picture above is a really old-school aircraft. The is new school and much more intuitive.

Plus its got sheepskin seat covers...like my C7 does! A lot in common!
Old 01-28-2018, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by wrecker3
Why does GM print a manual if nobody reads it ?
Your assumption is incorrect.
Old 01-28-2018, 09:04 PM
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Next on the list: There's a lever on the floor between the seat and the lower door sill. What does that do?
Old 01-28-2018, 09:22 PM
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It's the emergency door opener. It overrides the electronic door lock.

I use it all the time when I want to leave the car running and get out of the car briefly.

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Potentially life saving info there.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.2253934
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that pic is computer generated
Old 01-28-2018, 09:34 PM
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If you're talking about the 787 cockpit, yes, and pretty much what the inside of the 787 training simulator looks like with very realistic HD out the window images.
Old 01-28-2018, 10:06 PM
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Owner's Manual ejection button.
Old 01-28-2018, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by nhisfan
After almost 34 years working on F-101, F-106, and F-15s old school is all I know!



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The Voodoo, the Six and the Eagle. The three best fighters this country has ever produced, and I am including the "exquisite" Raptor in that comparison. Ols School all the way !



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