RE: Trunk alarm (WAS: RE: New Owner/Member)

[Tim Irwin <timi@Interlinq.com>]

Mine (built 2/98) opens fine with the alarm armed, then chirps ~30 seconds
after closing.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bruce Stapley [SMTP:bstapley@megsinet.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, September 24, 1998 11:19 AM
> To:	jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject:	Re: Trunk alarm (WAS: RE: New Owner/Member)
> 
> > > ...SNIPPAGE...
> > > My trunk alarm goes off if I open it with the doors still locked.
> Seems 
> > > weird. Is there any way to switch it back so I can open my trunk with
> out 
> > > having to unlook doors first?
> ------- Reply Separator -----------
> Ahah!  Another thread (besides rear door tweeters and spelling) off onto
> which we can all go! (Sorry, a little grammar joke there; couldn't
> resist.) So this is weird: I swear that when I first bought my 98 GLX,
> the alarm would go off if I opened the trunk while it was armed, as Adam
> describes. But it doesn't do that anymore. Now I get the same result as
> Steve describes: when closing the trunk after opening it either with the
> remote or the key, it beep-chirps and relocks the doors.
> 
> I may be on drugs about my car's behavior changing since purchase, but
> since Adam's (at least) behaves differently, I wonder how many listers'
> GLXs allow trunk opening while armed, and how many don't? (Note that
> Steve and I posted that we have 98s, and Adam didn't mention his
> vintage.) And does anyone know how to control it, since I wish mine
> *did* go off, and Adam wishes his *didn't*? (I guess this'll be what
> makes me finally buy that aftermarket alarm so I can roll my windows
> down from 100 feet away...)
> 
> Bruce Stapley
> 98 blk/blk
> AIM: Ugly Elvis