Yeah, sure, one "could" read the manual front to back but how much would you really miss? Some of the cool features on my X5 I missed and reading this posting helped me find a couple of cool things i.e. moving up the console for better position or holding the unlock button to lower the windows. Little things like this that we skim over while trying to read the "important" parts I guess.
But thanks to everyone who's contributed on this forum, regardless how small, trivial and overlooked something might be.