Another Audi feature

[Richard Thomsen]

Huw Powell wrote:

suffolkd at aol.com wrote:

 >> Doors locking after a preset amount of time (when using the remote)
 >> is a security feature.
 >>
 >> If you don't open the door/trunk, the car locks (which it was before)
 >> so you don't forget and the "element" takes your stuff over night.

 > That makes sense to me.  But surely if the ignition key is in it,
 > and it is running, the sense starts to leak out...

My thoughts exactly! I just moved it about 15 feet forward. I never got 
it up to the speed where it locked the doors itself (although the tires 
spun in the snow, so it may have THOUGHT that it was moving that fast). 
Then I opened the door and got out, which would have unlocked it even if 
it HAD locked while moving. I left it running with the key in the 
ignition. So why was it locked when I went back later to move it back to 
its original position? Why would ANY car lock itself when it is running 
with the key in the ignition? And this has happened on two separate 
cars! (Both Audi A6)

I thought that I read somewhere that these cars would automatically lock 
themselves after you turn them off and leave them. But that assumes that 
they are not running and there is no key in the ignition.

I knew someone who once got out of the car and locked the doors. When 
the driver's door was closed, the care UNLOCKED itself, because the key 
was still in the ignition, and it protected you from locking your keys 
in the car. But why on earth would a car do the opposite?

	Richard
	New Mexico