Very lucky that VW's have the headlights turn off when the car is off.

[mkii_84@yahoo.com (Andrew Wong)]

eww, power seat belts, The Jetta I drove once had them
and it made me forget to put on my lap belt, plus it
was hard to get out of the car with them.
--- T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Andrew Wong wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> > I am glad that VW's have the
> > feature where only the turnsignals light up when
> the
> > car is off and the headlights automatically turn
> off.
> <snip>
> > =====
> > -Andrew Wong
> 
> 
> As happy as I am for you I particularly hate cars
> having too much hand
> holding items like radio off and lights ON or OFF
> when the
> manufacturer's think it's right but _I_ as the owner
> operator can't do
> what might be necessary for a given situation.
> Granted the 'take the
> keys with you but leave the radio playing' thing can
> be solved by the
> Blaupunkt feature that leaves the power on for a
> short period.
> 
> Me, myself I like to run the risk of draining a
> battery (esp given a
> manual drive) if it means I can flip the lights on
> or run the radio as I
> see fit.
> 
> Recently I have been chasing parts in a mid eighties
> Toyota Cressida,
> complete with automatic seat belts. (Argh! Choked
> again!)
> 
> Simpler, more elegant solution is a better 'lights
> are on when key is
> off' indictor.
> 
> TBerk
> 
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=====
-Andrew Wong 
1984 Black Scirocco
1987 White Quantum wagon

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