I'm sympathetic to the reason why: Most people don't read. It's wasted work to write elaborate manuals.
Also, many people are busy. Very busy. Even if someone wanted to read, he's way too tired to immerse in new knowledge. Source: Me. I simply have neither the time nor the energy to bother with learning anymore unless there's a very good reason to.
cars are a comparatively rare purchases, that costs a ton of money, and that has life-ending safety risks. Read the book.
If you don't read the microwave's instructions and don't understand how 50% defrost power works chances are it's not going to permanently cripple you, or lead to $10k's in liability and repairs.
>cars are a comparatively rare purchases, that costs a ton of money, and that has life-ending safety risks. Read the book.
No. Ain't nobody got the time.
Operating a car safely doesn't require reading through a 2 inch thick tome every time you buy a car.
I thought I did when I was still a sweet summer child, reading every manual within reach and being told "How do you know that????" by every adult around me. That felt good.
I'm an adult now. Ain't nobody got the time. I know nothing; as in the third stage, not the first stage. I will ask the nearest kid "How do you know that????" and save myself the time and energy if I must learn.
The very first car you buy? Okay, sure, read through the tome since you have nothing to build on. But second car onwards? Ain't nobody got the time.
What? You're trying to tell me I don't know what the fuck Subaru X-Mode is? You're bold to assume I would even use Subaru X-Mode. That button isn't getting pressed for the life of the car ownership; users by and large do not change defaults and hate having dials and buttons to mess with, and I am slowly but surely becoming one of them.
Ain't nobody got the time.
But at least I don't suffer from a bad case of acne anymore.
My hours are mostly spent eating (cooking), working (making a living), maintaining (mostly laundry and cleaning), and sleeping (because I'm exhausted).
Precious few hours are left for recreation.
As such, no, I sincerely do not have the time to go read tomes I have no need or interest in. As an adult with responsibilities I literally can't afford the time to be irresponsible. I certainly wish I could, the sheer amount of time I had as a kid was amazing.
I mean, they'll take the time to write flowery marking BS like "our transmission delivers power intelligently right where it's needed for the smoothest ride, optimizing your comfort and blah blah blah use dirt mode for pushing your adventure to the extreme and sport mode when it's time to shine blah blah" but they won't say "The system can apply the brakes to an individual wheel if the tire loses traction."
And then they'll sell several different models which all have equivalent but different marking BS and no way to tell what the actual difference between the products is. Give me a damn table of specifications.
Also, many people are busy. Very busy. Even if someone wanted to read, he's way too tired to immerse in new knowledge. Source: Me. I simply have neither the time nor the energy to bother with learning anymore unless there's a very good reason to.