At 01:36 PM 12/3/2010, george jannini wrote: > Yep, I've seen it with my own eyes. There's a light switch on > the hatch too. > > Unfortunately VW didn't see fit to allow this to happen in my Westy >camper, so it's a DIY project. The Jetta solution is elegant. Too bad they didn't think of it a few years earlier, but at least you know about it now. And yes, it's a nuisance scrambling around to shut off the three individual lights when the door or hatch is going to be open for a while. Likewise when you open the door and no light. ('89 White Star) Yrs, d Engineering peeve of the day: Light fixtures with expensive single-source halogen bulbs and faceted plastic lens/housings that produce a harsh dazzling light and -- this is the really peevish part -- melt and distort under ordinary use. Yes I'm thinking of you, '84 Westy. |
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