Opinions on ALLDATA?
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Opinions on ALLDATA?
Hi from Hamptonbays. I have been reading reviews on ALLDATA many - but feel that's par for internet reviews. Full service maual from Motorfan is only 11 bucks. Anyone feel Alldata has that much more to offer? Thanks, Jeff.
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I have AllDataDIY & factory service manuals for all of the newer vehicles that I own and have coverage no AllDataDIY for all the vehicles I maintain for family & friends. I use AllDataDIY the most.
I'm not sure who 'motorfan' is, but if it's one of those shop manual on a CD things you can buy off eBay, I have never found one that I like. Most are clunky with little to no user interface and finding information is like looking for a needle in a hay stack.
I'm not sure who 'motorfan' is, but if it's one of those shop manual on a CD things you can buy off eBay, I have never found one that I like. Most are clunky with little to no user interface and finding information is like looking for a needle in a hay stack.
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If you get the online subscription, also download XnView and learn how to use the Screencap and batch conversion features.
Be smart .. dont download the images themselves
Kyle: "Clunky" and no user interface? Sounds like what I got. What am I doing wrong?
Last edited by pettyfog; 01-17-2012 at 09:04 AM.
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Are you using AllDataDIY or something else? I find the search feature on AllData very helpful & their layout, once you get used to it, is somewhat intuitive. In my experience with them, the CD manuals found on eBay don't have much by the way of a search feature and are often not organized in any intuitive manner.
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Are you using AllDataDIY or something else? I find the search feature on AllData very helpful & their layout, once you get used to it, is somewhat intuitive. In my experience with them, the CD manuals found on eBay don't have much by the way of a search feature and are often not organized in any intuitive manner.
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so I guess so.
I used a Ford factory CD I bought off ebay years ago and it wasnt much better. I got to assume it's oriented to a different mindset... I'm pretty sure I've been doing online longer than anyone else here... 1979. So I'm computer, not job-shop, oriented.
Everytime I do a search I end up in a one liner sentence that says 'it's covered in..." and there's no link, of course.
In fact I dont recall finding ANY 'drill down' links. Meaning from one piece of useful info to another, all i see is indexes.
I use browser 'back' a lot.
Maybe I'll try doing a mental 'reset' and start over pretending I dont know anything about the site. Sometime that helps.
Last edited by pettyfog; 01-17-2012 at 12:46 PM.
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I have been using AllDataDIY for my vehicles for the past 6-7 years now so maybe I'm just used to it. I never have a problem finding something whether it's using their menu system or the search feature. Mitchell's OnDemand is different and I find it more difficult to find stuff there, but I like their diagrams better than AllDataDIY.
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I have been using AllDataDIY for my vehicles for the past 6-7 years now so maybe I'm just used to it. I never have a problem finding something whether it's using their menu system or the search feature. Mitchell's OnDemand is different and I find it more difficult to find stuff there, but I like their diagrams better than AllDataDIY.
#8
I had a Mitchell's 1989 EVTM about 5 inches thick when I was doing my Mustangs and Merkurs.
The diagrams were troublesome because they had all the circuitry on one page making it a little difficult to read, but also great because they had all the circuitry on one page and all were adjacent.. so I could easily compare and contrast all the various EECIV set-ups.
I didnt care for how the diagnostics were done in text but I got the reason for it. .. I assumed that it was necessary for the general shop.
The diagrams were troublesome because they had all the circuitry on one page making it a little difficult to read, but also great because they had all the circuitry on one page and all were adjacent.. so I could easily compare and contrast all the various EECIV set-ups.
I didnt care for how the diagnostics were done in text but I got the reason for it. .. I assumed that it was necessary for the general shop.
#9
There is a learning curve with Alldata. Moving in and out of the information depth. The price is very good and I have both my blazer and my wife’s Saturn subscribed. It doesn’t have everything, various important items that could make a big difference, but all in all, I’m satisfied with it.
#10
I have had it for my blazer for the past 3 years. It gives you a lot of info.
I think it is worth it. I just signed up for another 5 years. It comes in handy.
A printed manual is nice and I have several but being the computer age
I find myself at their website very often.
Mark K
I think it is worth it. I just signed up for another 5 years. It comes in handy.
A printed manual is nice and I have several but being the computer age
I find myself at their website very often.
Mark K
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