The mechanism for that must have just been checking the position of the clutch pedal. If your car instead has a sensor right at the clutch plates, then it probably won't work, though you'll still be able to bump start it, as that bypasses the starter entirely. But you need either a hill (going down the same way you are) or people to give a push.

The only messing around with random that I accept is avoiding a random sequence that replays recently heard songs (unless it's the same song in the list twice, in which case, treat it like a different song).

I have a car but I also walk most places. If I want to take my car to the end of the street I think it’s my right. Only got a car at age 40. Previous 18 months to that I had a 3-4 hour each way commute to work. Sick of you lot shaming cars when some people make efforts to be environmentally friendly whilst balancing the need for a fucking vehicle.