Not mine. If I could, I would have locked the keys in many times. Mercedes is the same way. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 10:49 PM Subject: Driver's door lock info?
> (it was not a VW which > >requires a key to lock the drivers door). I asked her why she didn't use > >her key to lock her car..."it takes too much time". > > > > Using the key to lock the car wears the lock twice as fast as if you > didn't. The VWs can be locked without the key, but you have to pull the > outer release while pushing the lock-knob down. Or at least the pre1980 VWs > did...now that I think of it, my Vanagon won't do this, but I'd thought it > was a faulty mechanism. > > So I ask others: should you be able to lock a Vanagon driver's door without > the key? > > > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin > New Zealand > Molluscophile > 69 VW Kombi-Corvair > 75 VW Kombi (ex Toyota 3.5 V8) > 84 VW T3 Caravelle GL/SVX > 85 Mitsubishi Sigma Super Saloon 2.0 > 86 Toyota Corolla DX 1.8 diesel (410000km plus 30000+ rewound, going strong) > 89 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel (508000 km plus 30000+rewound,going > strong) |
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