Can anyone help?

I asked this question before but got no response. So I don't know if
this is even a normal situation or not. The manual for the van is vague
on this point. I can only start my 90' GL if either the parking or
headlights are turned on. This is crazy, even for Germans to do, if in
fact, it's engineered into the van. It's much to easy to forget to turn
the parking lights off during the day, and so, in the interest of
safety, you're stranded because of a dead battery. I like options in my
life.

I'd like to know if this is a normal situation, and if so, can it be
undone? Or does everyone just put up with it? On the other hand, what
mankind has created, mankind can uncreate.

Also is there any simple way to stop the warning buzzer from buzzing?
That's almost as bad a sound as those backup warning noises on
trucks..... Again it's a issue of freedom of expression - to make an
obnoxious noise or not...

Thanks for any consideration and/or information on these two subjects.
Jim
90' GL