Cars are getting way too complicated.

The owner's manual for the Lexus LS 600h I is 684 pages. It comes with an additional 339 page manual for the navigation system and a 74 page quick start guide.

The Mercedes GL has a 584 page owner's manual, 240 page book for the electronic control system and a 44 page warranty book. Additional service and product guides, and a quick start manual, bring the page count to 983.

Even the lowly Kia Rio has 256 pages of instructions.

This is really scary when you consider that the flight manual for the Cessna 172 I used to fly had only 73 pages.