Because Deiter was hittin' the glass saxophone that day??? > In a "real" euro-spec if you have the key on your blinkers work like ours > do (flash flash flash). If you have the key off and the headlight switch > off they work like ours do (no flash, no light). If you have the headlight > switch on and turn the blinker switch the lights (not the headlights, the > others) on THAT SIDE of the car come on and stay on (no flash, yes > lights). > > (And, once again, different designs for different makes -- some don't need > the headlight switch on to activate the additional feature, just the key > off -- but that risks leaving one set of lights on 24/7 if one has a > busted > blinker switch.) > > So, who knows why? > > G2 > > On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:58:55 -0500 Brian Denning > <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> that's how my 77 was. but on the 69 the headlights will come on with out >> the >> key on. >> >> >From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >Subject: [tcb] Re: electrical issues >> >Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:37:35 -0400 (EDT) >> > >> >Yeah, but in reality who really needs it? Besides in the Later Euro >> specs, >> >without the ignition being on >> >you just got parking lights. >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Mark Sawyer >> >Sent: Oct 17, 2006 9:13 AM >> >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >Subject: [tcb] Re: electrical issues >> > >> >The reason they have the main electrical wired thru the headlight >> switch >> >first is to allow you to have the lights on without having the ignition >> >turned on. > > >