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Old 12-13-03, 05:45 PM
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FD3S shop manual on CD for $9.95?

I have no idea if this is any good but if you don't already have the paper manuals this would be nice to have.

Buyer beware - it's on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2448400006
Old 12-13-03, 06:07 PM
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It is the same as the one you can get off of the internet. they just burned it to CD
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Damn, it's one thing to put it on a rx web site for info, it's another thing to try to sell it. I would be afraid of mazda getting pissed about copyrights.
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Originally posted by oakridgerx7
It is the same as the one you can get off of the internet. they just burned it to CD
Yep, probably, but it seems to have more "goodies".

Hell, I have NO idea what it is and there is no question they are potentially in deep doo doo if they can be tracked down by the legal department at Mazduh.
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I bought one for $5. They tried to justify it as, they aren't selling the copyrighted material. You're paying for the CD and the labor that went into collecting all the PDFs together, and D/Ling all the pics.

All the PDFs are available on someone's website somewhere. I don't know the legal issues, but I think thats how they were trying to justify everything. :p
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Dont waste your money. Prob a scam and if Mazda finds out im shur they wouldnt be happy
Old 12-15-03, 05:08 PM
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I saw that on ebay- one of the pictures had a FD with "iluvmyrx7.com" under it- or whatever that page is.
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You can view the manual at mazdaformance's website. The parts list too.
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Originally posted by wile_e_coyote
I bought one for $5. They tried to justify it as, they aren't selling the copyrighted material. You're paying for the CD and the labor that went into collecting all the PDFs together, and D/Ling all the pics.

All the PDFs are available on someone's website somewhere. I don't know the legal issues, but I think thats how they were trying to justify everything. :p
The sellers were NOT the people that put the labor into putting the manual in PDFs, all the rx7 shop manuals were scanned by someone on the forum that posted it onto a site for information. Not Profit. Of course not all people are honest and now is making a profit on someone else's good will. All they did was download it, put it on a cd and count all the money they made. Dont fall for this scam.
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I have seen the stuff that is PDFed and have tried to use it and it's a PITA!....I would say spring for the manual if you can afford it...Much easier to read...I was trying to identify some parts and part numbers from the stuff off the net and couldn't because it was scanned so bad...Anyway, I guess it's better than nothing and especially if you don't want to drop the cash for the hard copy....But don't buy it from ebay when you can download it for free from www.iluvmyrx7.com
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