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Title : BMW 3-series Automotive Repair Manual: 1992 to 1998 (Haynes Automotive Repair Manuals) Author : Robert Rooney Rating : 4 Stars out of 5. Summary : Excellent Medium-Level Repair Handbook
This handbook provides an excellent reference for the home mechanic. The book covers from basic to medium-advanced maintenance and repair tasks. Most jobs are well explained although there is some detail lacking in some of the more difficult tasks. There are many photos, although more would have been helpful. Ideal for the novice mechanic.
Title : End of the Road: BMW and Rover - A Brand Too Far Author : Andrew Lorenz Rating : 2 Stars out of 5. Summary : It should be a much better book
For all the hype, this is a Very light account. For a start the book was half the size I expected... Most of the contents just seemed to be a repeat of what has already been in the papers in the last year. I certainly didn't feel it had the "insider story" as claimed. There is no introduction story, so if you did not know about Rover-BMW then you would be in the dark straight away. Some statistics charting the company's decline would have been good, ie market share, units produced etc. An account of the models produced their strengths and weaknesses would have been helpful. Likewise an account of all the main key people would have helped. There are no photographs as well. As for being the basis of a Harvard Business School case study, no way especially when it lacks so much detail. Worse still it is written like an article in the Daily Mail, there is large bold type on virtually every page to sensationalise what has already been written.
I didn't intend to be so negative, but it is a subject which deserves a far better book.
Title : BMW 5 Series Service Manual 1989-95: 525i, 530i, 535i, 540i Including Touring Author : Rating : 2 Stars out of 5. Summary : nice but not very useful
Very nice book, well organized and presented but clearly written by somebody who never has owned or driven one of these cars: largely theoretical and superficial when it comes to any even very simple information about basic repairs or service.
Title : BMW Z3 Service Manual Author : Rating : 4 Stars out of 5. Summary : Not bad for the price, but not the best
While this manual has definite value to a 3 series owner, there are some drawbacks.
The schematics are good overall, but it did not cover later model cellular phone factory installed pre-wiring, for example. Also, the technique for removing the center console is vague (the Haynes book is better in this regard). I also noticed a photo of the dashboard was not even from a 3 series??
However, the book contains a lot of good information, which is not available elsewhere.
I recommend, it, but don't expect a factory shop manual.
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