pslewis

Just had an e-mail from Haynes - they say it will cost £80 - 100,000 to produce a copy. How many Imprezas in the UK??

Pete

pslewis.

And, do you think I am loosing my mind what with spending hours and hours on the forum

Wilster at Work

I read they purchase the car, take it to bits , re-assemble, and then sell the car, often to one of their employees.

dnb

Well volunteered Pete.

I take it you'll organise the resulting group buy

pslewis.

Only if you are paying

pslewis

Well, yes, I am willing to pursue it BUT how much would each manual cost? AND when will it be ready, even if they started in 2003?

Lets assume that they cost £20 each, not unreasonable, not sure if they would sell direct to the Scoobynet shop?? profit on each one to Scoobynet of £5? that leaves £15 - take off £5 for middle men and packaging and stuff and then Haynes gets £10 for each book. They will want a profit of what? £5 each? so thats back to £15.

We would need to sell around 6,500 - I should have thought that was achievable??? What do you think???

Pete

Pete

dnb

6,500 is a lot for Scoobyshop I think! Would have to get a chain shop involved somewhere. (Maybe the H word...)

Probably a non starter given the different types of Impreza, not to mention shape changes. Shame really, as it would be nice to have something on paper near the car when it's in pieces.

scooby_xt_turbo

you should be grateful that you don't have McLaren F1s or Jaguar XJ220s. Imagine how much the cost would be then!!!

sc00by57

so how come they can accomodate many differerent models in other manuels@dnd! im sure they could cover everything needed in one book!
just my 2p worth!
steve

dnb

They could do it, yes. But as Pete said, how long would this take? A year? two? more? Research takes quite a long time and would cost. There's never going to be a large market for Impreza manuals.

Wilster

There will be if they include a section on mods and DIY mods! What do you reckon Pete?

pslewis

Never seen a Haynes Manual telling you how to modify a car??

Not sure they would want to be sued when the engine blew up??

It would need to be a straight forward manual I reckon - but wouldnt it be great to read at night, I am sad I know but it would be better reading than most books to me!!

Pete

Wilster

I took my Hillman Imp apart by following a Haynes manual and guess what happened when I put it back together, it blew up! Do you think I've got a case?

pslewis

We werent a sueing nation in 1975!!

Pete

Colin P

Haynes have already pulished 'Subaru Impreza Turbo, buying, enjoying, maintaining and modifying'
I have a copy, written by Chris Rees.
So they must be able to do a workshop manual......

APJ

Yeah, some sort of workshop manual would be good - I've often thought of hunting round for a Subaru workshop manual (must be at dealers?) and a large photocopier!