VW Beetle trivia question

[JPSmit]

SWMBO has an '02 Beetle. When you unlock & open the door, you hear the quiet whirr of an electric motor - but nothing moves. Anyone know what that would be?

 

[tony barnhill]

Oh, when you said "VW Beetle" I thought you meant the real ones!!

 

[philman]

does it have automatic climate control? wife's saab does that also and I decided it was the automatic climate control running the ventilation motor.

 

[JPSmit]

doesn't sound like it - if the seats were electric I would say it sounded like the seat moving back - kind of a gear moving sound

 

[DrEntropy]

Unlocking the other doors, "trunk" lock and gas door?

 

[bugimike]

All the little beetles scurrying to hide? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif

 

[JPSmit]

Unlocking the other doors, "trunk" lock and gas door?

could be - but you would think that happens when you unlock the door not when you open it

 

[aeronca65t]

<s>Does the car have "manual" seat reclining locks (for folks getting in the back?).
If not, it may be unlocking the seat recliners (they would re-lock when the door shuts).</s>

<u>Edit</u>: Ignore the above: I just asked my resident VW guy: He thinks it is the fuel pump charging the lines so that the car will start quickly.

 

[JPSmit]

that actually makes the most sense so far

 

[tony barnhill]

<s>Does the car have "manual" seat reclining locks (for folks getting in the back?).
If not, it may be unlocking the seat recliners (they would re-lock when the door shuts).</s>

<u>Edit</u>: Ignore the above: I just asked my resident VW guy: He thinks it is the fuel pump charging the lines so that the car will start quickly.

How'd you put those lines through it?

 

[aeronca65t]

Tony:

Those are "strike-outs" or "spoilers".

If you want to strike out something, when you edit, put this at the <u>end</u> of the sentence:

[/s]

And put this at the <u>beginning</u> of that sentence:

 

[DrEntropy]

HTML.

SO now the VW products don't require an ignition key "first position" to run up the pump?!?! Clever. Should be a 10 to 15 second buzz/hum... but every time you open the door? Odd.

 

[tony barnhill]

<s>HA! Learned something new!!</s>

 

[Banjo]

I dunno.... I think you struck out. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif

 

[Steve]

Well, you have to draw the line somewhere.....

 

[bugimike]

This sounds like it's leading to crossed words!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif

 

[JPSmit]

This sounds like it's leading to crossed words!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif

groan - surely you can come up with a better line than that?!

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