(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)