On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Eric Zeno wrote:

>  All vanagon I've seen you need the key to lock the drivers door,
> except mine.  This is sutch a stupid thing, I took the door locks
> apart and altered them to lock, without the key.

FWIW, VW isn't the only company that does this.

On my Honda Civic, the inside driver's door lock knob couldn't be locked
with the door open, unless you held the inside door handle in the
unlatched position at the same time.

On my Volvo, you can't lock the inside driver's door lock knob at all with
the door open.

I've never seen an American car with this behavior, though...which is
funny since all my American cars have had really weak door detents, and
the door could easily fall closed without you intending it to. ;)

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon