How pathetic is this, where I get so dependent on this forum that I ask you guys where I left my stupid owner's manual? (And that wording was deliberate: it's the manual for the stupid owner.)

I swear it's still in the car, but I have looked most carefully: (1) in the glove box; (2) in the trunk; (3) in the passthrough storage box; (4) in the center console storage areas (too small anyway); (5) under the front seats; (6) in the door cubbies; and (7) under the floor mats (all four of them).

So either I DID (as I now begin to fear) leave the manual outside my car somewhere (but where?) or it's in some location where I have not yet checked. Can any of you suggest any other areas inside the car, I should look?

And ... is there any chance the dealership service department would have taken it out (maybe to make a notation in it or log the service?) as part of the recall work or ECU reflash?

I don't know. I'm completely stumped. Been looking for months now, literally.

If I can't find it, I guess I'll need to buy one from Trussville; probably like $30 I would guess. (I know I can view it on-line, but I want to actually have it in the car.) Any ideas on the cheapest place to buy one? Does anyone have an extra one you want to sell me?

Thanks.

(To quote Scotty from Boogie Nights, "I'm a f**king idiot; I'm a f**king idiot.")

 

It has been my experiance that the most effective way to locate a missing item is to purchase a replacement. The missing item will then magically appear in a place that you swear you looked a dozen times. (Note: If the replacement item is returnable for a refund the missing item will not reappear until the return period has expired. Therefore purchasing a replacement, with the intent of returning it, in order to locate the orginal does not work.)

 

You can download the complete manual from www.mazdausa.com in the My Mazda section, at leat you'll have a free copy till you find yours.

 

Beneath the engine cover? :D

 

You're sitting on it!

 

My Miata manual went missing for five years. I found it in the attic a week after I sold the car (it was in a box with the car cover I never used and the tie-down hooks).