On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> wouldn't it just be easier to switch the light to the off position?
>
> alistair
>
>
> On 2011-07-28, at 6:47 PM, Karl Wolz wrote:
>
> > I tossed mine pretty early, too.  I also cheated the driver's doorlight
> > switch by pushing it all the way in and canting it to one side a bit so
> it
> > couldn't come back out.  I always hated being off in the woods at night
> and
> > having the interior lights come on when I opened the door.
> >
> > Karl Wolz
>

  I did that same thing with the lights...disabled the door switch on the
driver's side by cocking it behind it's housing.  All the other lights work
when the doors open...if I leave them turned on, like Alstair mentions....I
just don't find I need an interior light every time I get into my van...and
if I do, I switch one on....And I Hate! buzzers in cars....
  but that is just my personal preference...If you want an alarm to tell you
the lights are on.... by all means...add it.

  I have said it before,  one of the main reasons I enjoy my Vanagon so much
is because of it's simplicity.   Mine has power nothing, no alarms, no
automatics and I wouldn't have it any other way...
  If I can't remember to turn off my lights...I deserve the dead battery.
If I get too lazy to wind up my own windows or push down my door lock
buttons, one by one, if I get too busy to 'select the proper gear' or too
weak to turn my steering wheel....I'll get me a mini-van that will do all
that for me...