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From: walt@raid5.uucp (Walt Hubis)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Headlights switched thru the ignition
Message-ID: <1990Oct15.175036.7552@raid5.uucp>
Date: 15 Oct 90 17:50:36 GMT
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In article <34976@rphroy.UUCP> rhaar@rcsrlh.Berkeley.EDU (Bob Haar CS50) writes:
>> Why don't
>> the [head] lights go out automatically when you turn the ignition off?
> 
>Maybe you are satisfied with that arangement, but I would be angry 
>if my car was designed that way. There are times that I want to use 
>the car headlights to illuminate something without having the engine running.
>I prefer that having the option of doing that with the "buzzer"
>acting as a gentle reminder that I should consider if that is what I
>really want.
>
>I don't like to have electrically powered options unavailable just because
>the ignition is off. I get very frustrated with all the GM cars that
>don't let you run up the power windows after you stop the engine.
>

This is not the case with my Saab, or the VW. These cars have a
keyswitch position labled "G" for Garage. All accessories, lights,
etc, are powered up, but the engine's ignition system is not
powered. The idea of having the headlights shut off when the key
is out is real nice for those of us out here in the flatlands, where
some of us drive with our lights on all the time for (arguable) 
safety reasons.

Walt