Re: Be happy drive it all the time

[Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>]

Hi Max,

  That business of having to depress the clutch pedal to make the engine
start has been around for many years on various cars, since long before
the Audi incidents.  I first ran across it on a 1950's stick-shift
Studebaker.    

  CR

Max Heim wrote:
> 
>
> 2. ...but for some reason, many modern cars (like my wife's Geo) require
> one to depress the clutch before the ignition will work. I assumed this
> is a liability-related overreaction to the runaway Audi hysteria, but
> does anyone know different?
>