Haynes or Bentley?

[Vspec]

Which one is the best? Has the car will hopefully get out of the body/restoration shop in a few months I am gathering some of the stuff that will help me keep this 15y/o car alive, I want invest in a shop manual.

I have an amlost complete version of the Haynes on my comp at home but I remember flipping trough a bentley a friend lend me.

Which one would you recommend?

[Jordan325iC]

I know when I was into e28's Bently was king, and when I switched to e30s I got an e30 bently too. Can't say I've ever looked at a Haynes though.

[parkerbink]

Haynes is weaksauce.

[Dave]

Bentley FTW

[chuckybob]

imho, one isnt better then the other, but just about everyone here uses the bentley, myself included

[Digitalwave]

I've used Haynes and I have done basically everything there is to do on an E30. It's not as good as the Bentley but if you are a decent mechanic its definately good enough to give you a guideline and enough to get all the work done.

[misterlance]

The Haynes is about half as thick and contains about half the info. Once you have the Bentley all else is useless.

[Vspec]

Amazon sells it for very cheap, gonna buy the Bentley next month.

Thanks for your input!

[hamann318is]

B-B-B-Bentley.

[YAN-3]

Dude, even if you worked at sub-way and only worked on the weekend, you should be able to buy both. I would recomned the Bentley but the haynes has stuff that the RB does not cover.

[Erick]

I prefer the Bentley over the Haynes. I have both and the Bentley is a lot easier to find what you need and their explanations are a lot more clear.

[parkerbink]

I prefer the Bentley over the Haynes. I have both and the Bentley is a lot easier to find what you need and their explanations are a lot more clear.

+1

I have both Bentley is closeby Haynes is at the bottom of a drawer. I look at B first if I don't find what I am looking for I look at H and usually it's not there.

[Jon '92 325ic]

What Parkerbink said

I too have the Bentley and the Haynes. Primary source is the Bentley with the Haynes as a backup in case Bentley doesn't cover it. But rarely have actually had to go to the Haynes.

[AndrewBird]

I have both for my car and they are both alright, but the Bentley has more info. It's nice to beable to have a second opinion on how to do something though. Get the Bentley first and then maybe later pick up a Haynes.

[mikeedler]

I prefer neither. I just use a flat tip screw driver and a big ass hammer on everything. if it doesnt fix it, it sure will break it off!! I use the Haynes, and it works just fine for me. A E30 is a really simple car to work on. the only thing I used the manual for is tech. info-- torque specs, valve adj. shit like that. so i guess get the Bentley if others here say irts better though.