Search Engines: They Don't Work If You Don't Use 'em.

For grins, I decided to go answer some questions at wiki.answers.com. I tripped across the Hyundai Elantra unanswered questions pages while trying to find some other information.

Apparently nobody ever heard of an owner's manual. You would think the concept of an online search engine was something from the distant future. On every page of questions you will probably find questions about ALL of the following . . . and there are hundreds of pages.

How to remove the door panel? (remove all the screws, and pull)

Where is the engine/transmission oil fill location (engine oil, there's a round cap on top of the engine that says OIL. Automatic transmission fills thru the dipstick, manual transmission has a bolt on the front of the transmission, you pour oil in the side of the case till oil runs back out)

How to remove/replace the alternator? (read my DIY, here)

How do you line up timing marks on the camshafts? (read my DIY, here)

How to replace the serpentine belt? (there isn't one)

How to replace the timing belt? Another DIY, here)

Where to the spark plug wires go? (wow fail. Take a picture next time, before you pull them all off. The valve cover has little arrows on it to show where the wires go)

How do you install a stereo (It's beyond you, leave it to the professionals)

What does check engine code XXXX mean? (full list here)

and (this one is my favorite)

Torque specs for head bolts? (Just F'ing NO. Torque, then rotate, then rotate. If you don't know where to find this information it means you should not be removing the cylinder head in the first place)

People, to get car information don't go to wiki.answers.com. In fact, don't go to wiki.answers.com for ANYTHING unless it pops up with the right answer at google or some other search engine. Go to CAR people for car information. For 1996-2000 Hyundai Elantra or 1997-2001 Hyundai Tiburon information, go to RD Tiburon.com and use the SEARCH.

There. Just had to get that off my chest.