Can't play Radio...

[VE3LC@hydra.carleton.ca (Norm Rashleigh)]

I'm a relatively new owner of a 86 Audi Coupe GT..  Am I missing something,
or is it really the way the car was designed?  I have to have the ignition
turned on to apply power to the radio.  If so, does it hurt anything to have
the ignition on without the engine running?  I can anyways wire the radio
around the ignition switch, but why on earth didn't the Audi engineers put
in an auxilary position on the switch like all good North American Cars?

Norm Rashleigh
Ottawa Canada..  I can sit and listen to my car radio :-(