Hey! Don't blame me for it! Derek, I don't think there was anything hard about what I did to your car, just revved it out and stepped off...beat a Cliosport, didn't I??? There were two owners before me and my feeling is they weren't very apt at driving manuals.
Looks like it's going to cost $1200.
The clutch is sticking and not coming back up...or disengaging correctly. That is, the pedal stays down after letting it out. The point also moves. Going into first the point is right next to the floor and if i can't get enough leverage on the pedal I'll crunch reverse. Once moving, the point is higher and barely noticeable.
Seems there's a problem with the pressure plates. We changed the clutch cable (Paul HATES cable clutches, btw, and I can see why) at the last service, but that hasn't fixed the stickiness.
Reading some of the customer sat surveys on some of the websites out there, appears it a relatively common problem on the GTi6.