LogFAQs > #986826414

Yeah, I've got my manual and I've used it for a few things, like checking which oil to put in when I discovered that the car was dangerously low on it right after I'd bought it, or figuring out which bulb to get to replace a burnt-out headlight. The manual is one of the first places I'd look to help me find jack points if I needed to (though I don't actually have a spare tire, so it's a bit of a moot point). It's also how I learned to jump-start a car, since it outlines all the steps nicely and there was a period where my old car needed a few boosts because its battery stopped holding a charge (it actually got bad enough that I couldn't even shift it into neutral to push it out of the driveway to get a boost, though when the tow truck showed up I learned how to disengage the shift lock and I could replicate that if needed).

That's really why I don't think it's an issue that there's a laundry list of car R&M tasks I don't know off-hand how to do: I know how to learn how to do them if the need arises. Unless the issue is that a giant EMP goes off and wipes out all electronics and also I get a flat tire and need to change it to escape an angry mob of zombies or something, I'm probably fine.