This makes me crazy.   Rather than making the person who locks the
key in the car, piss off, VW figured it was better to  make
everyone upset all the time, by having the use the key only

    I fixed there wagen .... I can  lock my doors without the key.

Mike Collum wrote:

> Upon exit, the driver's door can only be locked with a key.
>
> On '85~'91, you can lock the slider upon exit by pushing down the inside
> door lock lever then shutting the door.  On the '84 and older you cannot
> do this.
>
> Mike
>
>