Free Auto Repair Manuals – At What Cost?
Reader Question: There has to be a free online auto repair manual somewhere on the Internet, where is it?
You can find ANYTHING for free on the internet if you really look hard for it, but if you are looking for a professional repair manual like Alldata, Chilton, Haynes or Motor for free…forget it, if you do find one like from a Peer to Peer network like Kazaa.com, it will be ILLEGAL if you download it. If you find one of those, someone has electronically copied the material from the manual and put it on their computer…which is stealing.
Can I be blunt here? Alldata is the best auto repair manual on the planet, it costs $24 a year…less than ONE oil change. Would you really want to “steal a copy” when you can buy it online for $24? Is it really worth the possibility of getting in trouble for having a stolen copy? Alldata manuals are “code locked” meaning they need a password to access the material, and if you are using someone else’s password from your computer…Alldata can track you down.
Your computer has an IP address, which can be used to track your downloads from places like Kazaa or any illegal music download source. This is how those people were caught a few years ago when the Napster case was big news. So, in short…be safe, be legal and own the best auto repair manual on the planet and sleep well at night knowing it.
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great you got a stolen version of a repair manual. I am proud of you, even after you read my article about pirated versions of manuals on the net you went ahead and got one anyway. I will forward your email and IP address 174.92.49.250 to the FBI. They take this kind of thing VERY seriously. good luck.