[s-cars] Clutch/Start Safety Switch

[DOUGLAS LANDAETA]

so much for the 'force of habit' idea!

----- Original Message -----
From: Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 1:40 pm
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Clutch/Start Safety Switch

>
> Mark writes:
>
> >
> > With all of this "Scrape, Snap, Bang ... Clatter" banter, has
> > anybody looked into - or successfully fitted - a "safety" switch
> > whereby the car can only be started if the clutch is depressed?
> > My garage is fairly tight, and although I have not performed
> > this maneuver in some time, I have taken to
> > leaving the car in neutral when parking in my garage.  I know
> that one
> > particularly comatose morning, I'll just get in and fire her up
> without> thinking so...
> >
>
> I live in fear of exactly this scenario you describe. My wife's
> autobox A6
> is quite similar to my S6 (same interior color) and if I spend a
> lot of time
> driving her car I have to consciously remember to depress the
> clutch the
> first time I get back into my car.
>
> Fortunately, with my ADD, I can focus on eleventeen things at
> once. :)
>
> Lee
> '95.5 S6 avant
> '96 A6 quattro avant
>
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