GMBulley:

        You're missing the point.  Logic doesn't rule the world...or
people.  Without rituals, lore, belief in a higher power...we would have
no culture and life would be boring.  Waiting for the light to stop
blinking is a wonderfully absurd gesture that accomplished nothing in
the physical world...but does something spirtually for more thn a
few...especially now that they know others are out there doing it.  I
think I will give it a try before my next trip.  It's a nice, silent
gesture that forces you to focus and pause for a moment before taking
off in the beloved bus...
Kinda like a moment of silence before school....oh yea, I forgot....they
outlawed that absurd gesture already...

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!
>
> Check the wiring diagram. Check your owner's manual. Better yet, go
> tell a
> good VW mechanic about how you wait for the light to stop flashing.
> Then help
> him up off the floor and wipe the tears of laughter from his eyes.
>
> There is no ignition light. Sorry to be so direct, I just hate to see
> folks
> deluding themselves. :)
>
> gmbulley
> cary, nc