He found it. The default value was 0. The post said to change it to 1 for “Enable Remote Start (Diesel/Auto only).” His car was a manual transmission. The post had a red asterisk: Manual cars require bypassing the clutch safety switch at your own risk.
He tried again. Lock-Lock-Lock.
“VCDS Remote Start: Unlocking the Factory Hidden Menu” vcds remote start
Karl sighed, pulled out his laptop, and reopened VCDS. He navigated back to Channel 67, changed the 1 back to a 0, and clicked “Save.” Then he grabbed a trash bag to pick up the remains of Bin Day. He found it
Karl ran outside in his socks.