Scott
The feature you question is standard on german cars and is, I believe, mandated. It's purpose is safety when parking at night on the edge of narrow rural roads, village lanes etc. It aids your fellow drivers in seeing your car. Very Intelligent IMHO. I wish my NA vehicles had it.

On 2016-08-14, at 10:00 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> On a Porsche 944 ...if you just whip into a
> parking spot with the turn signal still on..and if it doesn't cancel
> ...when you turn off the engine the turn signal becomes a parking light
> on that side only !
> The turn signal lever becomes a parking light that you didn't want .
> VERY rigid and Very german.