I have had the clutch cable (or hydraulic cylinder) fail on almost every car I have ever owned! The VWs have been the easiest to shift by far, but the easiest to get rolling was the diesel Mercedes with its 2.5 hp starter! Bill -- Email LIST problems to: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org. To unsubscibe send "unsubscribe scirocco-l" in the message to majordomo@scirocco.org