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Subject:Re: Locked out
From:ian Butler
Date:Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:02:17 -0400

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Alistair Bell wrote:

> Chris,
>
> I have an '82 westy...here goes.
>
> lock driver door from inside, move back to exit via sliding door, lock
> sliding door by reaching round from open passenger door, then push button
> down on passenger door and close.
>
> No keys needed.

It's easier with power!  (And thank heavens for that, because neither
exterior lock cylinder works in the front..)

Exit via sliding door, hit the front passenger lock to get three of the
doors (driver, passenger, hatch), close the sliding door, and it locks
itself when you do so.

I'm waiting in apprehension for the day the little <whirrr-clunk> noise of
the slider's power lock is accompanied by a sinking feeling and a call to
the locksmith, rather than a bemused "Isn't that the cutest noise ever?"

:)

ian Butler / ian@hplx.net
'87 Syncro GL, '88 Scirocco 16v