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Jan 06, 2026 - 02:10 PM
All of our repair manuals are in digital format — shipping physical manuals would simply require a complete distribution chain, including warehouses, employees, yearly inventories, insurance and such, which would significantly increase the overall cost of our manuals... We simply don't have the manpower required for this unfortunately.
Moreover, most manufacturers have completely stopped producing hardbound books years ago so even if we wanted, in most cases, that's not something that even exist anymore.
That said, we get it — digital files may seem a bit daunting for those of us more used to the physical format (I'm not that young either and I was also using paper manuals for the majority of my career haha), but our support team is available 24/7 to help out figure out a solution to any problem our customer may have with our manuals.
Digital manuals are also significantly more convenient (once you get used to them), since you can carry them on your phone or your computer and bring them everywhere you go — no more getting stranded on the side of a road with your manual peacefully sitting at home, on a shelf in the garage.
Digital files can also be searched — so no more having to look at the index at the end only to not know how that component was called by the carmaker so you don't even know where to start looking lol. No greasy pages or whatever... and if you really want to have a paper version, then nothing prevents you from printing out the sections you need either.
(I have a friend who went to Office Depot and had the manual for his 1987 Porsche 911 completely printed for a couple bucks, for instance.)
Bottom line: You get the same detailed content the pros use, without the wait, shipping cost, or bookshelf clutter. What’s not to like?
