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

["Christoper Hartwell@bbn.com" <chartwel@bbn.com>]

I'm CONFUSED with that explanation......Sorry.....

Later
98GLXVR6


At 04:43 PM 09/24/1998 -0000, you wrote:
>I may be stating the obvious, and you can all spank me for doing so, BUT 
>...
>   In the off chance that this is not widely known, here it is:
>   The trunk's lock has 3 positions. One is "the button never works," 
>meaning that you can push the lock/button in all you like, when the car 
>is armed or not, and the trunk will not open. The second one, the one 
>which I keep mine in, is "the button only works when the doors are 
>unlocked," which means that if the doors are unlocked (i.e., the alarm is 
>NOT armed), you can just push the lock in and the trunk will open, no big 
>deal. Then there's one position beyond that, which I call the, "I want 
>the damned trunk open NOW!" position, which basically lets you open the 
>trunk whether the doors are locked or unlocked or the alarm is armed or 
>not. You need the key to move the lock between the positions, obviously, 
>but each position has its own point. The first one is, "Nobody can get 
>into this trunk w/o the key." The second one is, "Nobody can get into 
>this trunk if I've locked the car up, but I don't want to deal with the 
>key every time I want to get out my California Car Duster." The third, 
>obviously, is, "NOBODY gets into my trunk w/o the key, ARMED or NOT," 
>because you need the key to move the lock in this third position.
>   Again, sorry if I'm wasting bandwidth, but I felt it might help.
>-Tom
>95 and 84 Jettas.
>
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