Clutch pedal position switch

[MarksVRS]

Needing to have the clutch in would annoy me (my Sept 09 TDI does not have this feature).

I am actually in the habit of "shaking the gearshift" to check it is in neutral and starting with the clutch out. The reason being is that it can be difficult to engage 1st gear if the mainshaft is not spinning. Just a habit of mine for both my car and bike.....

Even more annoying for me is the need to turn the ignition fully off to restart if the engine stalls. I have stalled the car a couple of times and it is scary and dangerous to find nothing happens when you are in traffic and nothing happens when you try to crank it. You need to overcome your natural instinct and turn the ignition off before cranking.

[woofy]

Yeah when I handed the Skoda over to my wife in Dec I warned her about stalling it as you have to turn it right off. Also she experienced the leave the indicator on random beep, even though when I first did it, she told me her 70s Passat yrs ago did the same thing...albeit without the noise.

[K1W1]

The reason being is that it can be difficult to engage 1st gear if the mainshaft is not spinning. Just a habit of mine for both my car and bike.....

So unless your bike is about 20 years old you have to pull the clutch in to start it surely?

[BlackSuperb]

You have to have your foot on the brake to get a DSG gearbox out of park.

[K1W1]

Yes but the OP just wanted to start the car basically while standing outside.

[bluefrog]

good to know that DSG is good for something then, other than the sexy downshift farts of course! .. hehe

[ZokEE]

thanks for all the replies guys, but i'm certain on doing this. Always owned manual cars, very used to checking car isn't in gear. By the sounds of it no-one has done this personally, so can anyone point me in the right direction or should i try posting this up in the mkVI forum?

[K1W1]

I'd go the Briskoda.

[ZokEE]

Thought i would post a follow up for anyone who may be interested. I pulled the footwell apart again this evening and confirmed there aren't any switches attached to either the clutch or brake pedals of the RS. Did a bit more digging online and finally found someone saying that the newer models (didn't specify years, but i'm assuming mk VI golf and FL octy) don't have switches, but instead have proximity sensors located in the master cylinders that read the travel of the shafts in the cylinders.
I'm under the assumption that the single sensor in the clutch cylinder controls both the cruise and start interlock, but as it's buried in behind the firewall with the master cylinder it's too much trouble to get to.
I'm thinking that the only way to bypass the clutch to start is if the facility exists within the VAG-COM software.

[MarksVRS]

So unless your bike is about 20 years old you have to pull the clutch in to start it surely?

Spot on! I need to have the clutch in (2002 Triumph Daytona) although I still start in neutral and let the clutch out and in before grabbing 1st...