Whoa! Read below.....

At 07:30 AM 5/8/98 -0400, GMBulley wrote:
><<  Now, I before I start the van, I wait until the light looks like a flower
> before turning the key. Sometimes it takes a long time. >>
>
>Okay, folks. This is really silly. This flashing light at start-up is NOT an
>"IGNITION LIGHT".
>
>There is no such thing, it doesn't exist. It is purely made up. Fiction. Like
>your invisible friend. Like having to "rotate the air in your tires". Like
>"snipe hunting". Someone invented this, and you are victim of an urban (VW)
>folk myth.
>
>The light HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR IGNITION.
>
>Unless you drive a diesel, and are waiting for the yellow glow plug light
>(non-flashing) to extinguish, the rest of you are sitting, waiting for the
>coolant temperature/underfill warning light to finish its lamp test. The
>circuit simply allows you to verify that the coolant warning circuit works.
>There is absolutely no reason to wait. Why don't you start waiting for the
>alternator and oil warning lights to go out!

It's interesting that you mentioned this. Once, I was in the middle of
nowhere. Well, actually it was Bayonne, New Jersey, and an alchemistical
foul stench filled the air. I looked out my van and it was da man.. da bad
man.. Beeelzebub himself, all decked out in like a red outfit and a spiked
tail and horns.

He came up to my window (luckily, my elec windows were working properly in
my 87 Westy syncro, and never being properly introduced I zoomed them up
quick). He pointed a scaly finger at me and said:

"Don't have a fit, don't take a hairy
don't worry about you're alternator and oil pressure light
unless you hail from Cary"

Now that was years ago, and I've never worried about it since that strange
day. Ol' Lou Cifer disappeared and I've never seen him since. And I've
never worried about what he said because I don't hail from Cary. But you,
sir, I would be worried given your signoff signature. It says Cary. Now the
way I see it, you have a few choices: a) Move out of Cary b) Have your VW's
exorcised at your local ministry or church or find an exorcist (I hear that
Bell South has many listed now in the Yellow Pages) or perhaps the easiest
solution is don't start your VW's until the alternator/oil pressure lights
go out. We are a Carying group here and we'd hate to see anything happen.
Please promise us you'll be careful in Cary.

PS Do you own a pet canary [Shemp]?

>There is no ignition light. Sorry to be so direct, I just hate to see folks
>deluding themselves. :)
>
>gmbulley
>cary, nc
>

"Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you
look at it right"

Hunter/Garcia